Visual Scanning and Falls in Older Adults: The Mexico Health and Aging Study
People with lower levels of visual scanning behavior were more likely to suffer recurrent falls over time. This highlights the importance of visual function and behavior in mitigating fall risk and suggests that efforts to improve visual scanning may help to prevent recurrent falls in older adults.
Authors
- Susanne M. Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7545-2189)
- Ali G. Hamedani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5949-6395)
- Anoopum S. Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-0621)
- Melissa Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-2697)
- Angela L. Xu
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Delaware (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70051
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging