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Research from University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Health Sciences provides new data on life sciences

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 5th, 2009

Current study results from the report, 'Poor vision accompanied with other sensory impairments as a predictor of falls in older women,' have been published. "we studied visual acuity (VA) and co-existing hearing impairment and poor standing balance as predictors of falls. prospective study with 1-year follow-up," scientists writing in the journal Age and Ageing report.

"research laboratory and residential environment. 428 women aged 63-76 years from the Finnish Twin Study on Aging. participants were followed up for incidence of falls over 1 year. VA, hearing ability and standing balance were assessed at the baseline. The incidence rate ratios (IRR) for falls were...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)

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