2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on change of viewing direction of elderly persons during walking in a low-illumination bedroom.
| Project/Area Number |
20791804
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Toho University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUJI Yoko Toho University, 医学部, 助教 (80460103)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 転倒 / 光環境 / 視線変化 / 高齢者 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to clarify how age related changes of viewing direction of elderly persons during walking in a low-illumination bedroom.As a result, in the elderly the tendency that eyes changed was found from the front ground in the knob of the door. Furthermore, the center of gravity increased in the low-illumination room from the bright room. Quantity of necessary sight information acquisition decreased to keep a balance, and it was thought that we concentrated eyes on the front ground in near distance under the unstable situation not movement ahead and moved with the goal of a mark.
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