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Watch your step - blur affects stepping accuracy in older adults

Visual blurring - like that produced by bifocals or multifocal lenses - may cause errors in foot position when walking.

And that could contribute to the risk of tripping and falling in older adults, suggests a study in the June issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.