By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today
Published: June 05, 2012
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
SAN DIEGO — Vision loss, especially in low light, may contribute to problems with walking in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, a researcher said here.
Lower visual acuity in low-contrast situations among MS patients was significantly associated with poorer performance on a gait test in a controlled trial, said Rachel Tripoli, a medical student at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla.
Moreover, many of the MS patients showed improvements when they wore contrast-enhancing yellow lenses, she said — a simple and practical solution to a problem that diminishes quality of life and can cause physical injury.
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