Measuring Postural Stability and Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Visual Impairment: a Cross-Sectional Study

Purpose: Purpose: Vision is crucial for activities of daily living and its loss can have detrimental effects on all areas of life. Vision also plays an important role in the development of balance and motor skills. It is believed that people with visual impairment (VI) cannot fully compensate for their vision loss in maintaining their postural stability. However, there is controversy in this regard when comparing people with early (EVI) and late onset (LVI) VI.