ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2023
Association Between Contrast Sensitivity and Physical Function in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: The Brain Networks and Mobility Function Study.
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- Contrast Sensitivity Impairment Is Associated With Limitations of Physical Functioning and Activities of Daily Living Among Older Adults.Journal of aging and health · 2026Article
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- Effects of Virtual Environmental Cues on Quiet Stance in Young Adults.Human factors · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Visual Functions and Independence in ADLs and IADLs Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2025Article
- Contrast Sensitivity Predicts 30-month Functional Brain Network Integrity in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults: the Brain Networks and Mobility Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Article
- Moderate Impairment in Binocular Contrast Sensitivity Predicts Faster Mobility Decline in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Relationship of Multiple Sensory Impairments With Physical Performance in Older Adults in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Article
- Motor Coordination Disorders in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Visual impairment predicts greater declines in physical performance over time: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Correlation of contrast sensitivity with ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer thickness and damage location in glaucoma with varying severity.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
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- The relationship between visual function and physical performance in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA).PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate whether contrast sensitivity is associated with lower extremity physical function in cognitively intact older adults.
methodsCross-sectional analysis of the relationship of binocular and worse eye log contrast sensitivity (LCS) to expanded Short Physical Performance Battery (eSPPB) and its components (gait speed, narrow walking speed, chair stand pace, and balance) in 192 cognitively healthy older adults. The association of LCS with postural sway and gait was also tested with tasks that further challenged functional reserve.
resultsMean age was 76.4 years with 56% identifying as female and over 98.5% having good corrected visual acuity. Lower LCS was significantly associated with worse performance on the eSPPB, 4-M gait speed, narrow walking speed, and balance time in unadjusted and adjusted models. The relationship between worse eye LCS and larger postural sway was 3 times greater on a foam surface (beta 1.07, 95% CI [0.35, 1.80]) than a firm surface (beta 0.35, 95% CI [0.05, 0.65]), and both were robust to adjustment for confounders; similar findings were observed with binocular LCS. Lower binocular LCS had a greater decremental effect on gait velocity during the fast pace (beta -0.58, 95% CI [-0.90, -0.27]) than the usual pace (Beta -0.39 [-0.63, -0.15]) gait task.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that cognitively unimpaired older adults without significant visual acuity impairment can have subtle preclinical deficits in contrast sensitivity and physical function that could place them at risk of mobility and balance issues. Future studies should determine whether this subset of older adults may benefit from targeted intervention to prevent disability.
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