The influence of fixation stability on balance in central vision loss

Murphy, Caitlin; Kapusta, Michael; Overbury, Olga

The influence of fixation stability on balance in central vision loss

Vision Rehabilitation International

Volume 10 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)

By:

Caitlin Murphy, Michael Kapusta and Olga Overbury

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|Jan 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijom-2019-003 | Journal eISSN: 2652-3647

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Mar 25, 2019

Published on: Jan 1, 2019

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Keywords:

Aging,

Balance,

Vision,

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Physical and rehabilitation medicine

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