Effects of acute peripheral/central visual field loss on standing balance

• Published in: Experimental brain research Vol. 235; no. 11; pp. 3261 - 3270
• Main Authors: O’Connell, Caitlin, Mahboobin, Arash, Drexler, Scott, Redfern, Mark S., Perera, Subashan, Nau, Amy C., Cham, Rakié
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Balance; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Computer applications; Contact lenses; Degeneration; Equilibrium (Physiology); Etiology; Eye diseases; Glaucoma; Health aspects; Macular degeneration; Neural circuitry; Neurology; Neurosciences; Occlusion; Older people; Physiological aspects; Posture; Proprioception; Psychological aspects; Research Article; Risk factors; Visual field; Visual stimuli; Posturography; Sensory integration; Balance; Vision

Vision impairments such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma are among the top risk factors for geriatric falls and falls-related injuries. AMD and glaucoma lead to loss of the central and peripheral visual fields, respectively. This study utilized a custom contact lens model to oc...