ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2016
Visual Field Dependence Is Associated with Reduced Postural Sway, Dizziness and Falls in Older People Attending a Falls Clinic.
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- The impact of external and internal focus of attention on visual dependence and EEG alpha oscillations during postural control.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Importance of Screening for Contrast Sensitivity, Falls, and Mobility Limitations in Older Adults With Maculopathy.American journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Visual Field Dependence Persists in Age-Related Central Visual Field Loss.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- The temporal precision of audiovisual integration is associated with longitudinal fall incidents but not sensorimotor fall risk in older adults.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Gait Speed Modulations Are Proportional to Grades of Virtual Visual Slopes-A Virtual Reality Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Impaired Subjective Visual Vertical and Increased Visual Dependence in Older Adults With Falls.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Measuring Vestibular Contributions to Age-Related Balance Impairment: A Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Effects of a Nintendo Wii exercise program versus Tai Chi Chuan on standing balance in older adults: a preliminary study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2019Article
- Posture-Motor and Posture-Ideomotor Dual-Tasking: A Putative Marker of Psychomotor Retardation and Depressive Rumination in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
Moving visual fields can have strong destabilising effects on balance, particularly when visually perceived motion does not correspond to postural movements. This study investigated relationships between visual field dependence (VFD), as assessed using the roll vection test, and reported dizziness, falls and sway under eyes open, eyes closed and optokinetic conditions. Ninety five falls clinic attendees undertook the roll vection test (i.e. attempted to align a rod to the vertical while exposed to a rotating visual field). Sway was assessed under different visual conditions by centre of pressure movement. Participants also completed questionnaires on space and motion discomfort, fear of falling, depression and anxiety. Thirty four (35.8%) participants exhibited VFD, i.e. had an error > 6.5º in the roll vection test. Compared to participants without VFD, participants with VFD demonstrated less movement of the centre of pressure across all visual conditions, were more likely to report space and motion discomfort and to have suffered more multiple falls in the past year. VFD was independent of fear of falling, anxiety and depression. VFD in a falls clinic population is associated with reduced sway possibly due to a stiffening strategy to maintain stance, dizziness symptoms and an increased risk of falls.
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