Older adults with suspect or manifest glaucoma experienced slower rates of visual field loss if they engaged in more walking and more time spent doing moderate to vigorous physical activity compared with patients who had a sedentary lifestyle, according to a study.
The longitudinal, observational study included 141 patients with glaucoma between the ages of 60 and 80 years. The patients wore accelerometers for 1 week to measure their average steps per day, general activity level and minutes of non-sedentary activity. Measurements were taken throughout the study period to determine (Read more...)
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