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- Title
Influence of elderly executive cognitive function on attention in the lower visual field during step initiation.
- Authors
Di Fabio, Richard P; Zampieri, Cris; Henke, Jennifer; Olson, Karen; Rickheim, David; Russell, Michelle
- Abstract
There is a well-established relationship between poor executive cognitive abilities and elderly fall risk, but the precise mechanism underlying this relationship is unknown. Older persons frequently fall or trip on objects below eye level, and it was hypothesized that the pathological mechanism linking low executive function and fall risk is a selective impairment in the resolution of visual attention in the lower visual fields.
- Publication
Gerontology, 2005, Vol 51, Issue 2, p94
- ISSN
0304-324X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1159/000082194