{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]],"date-time":"2026-08-28T13:16:58Z","timestamp":1787923018803,"version":"build-2784847793"},"reference-count":40,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-017"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-037"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-012"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-029"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-004"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Gait & Posture"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]],"date-time":"2026-07-22T15:46:49Z","timestamp":1784735209000},"page":"110296","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Stepping over obstacles: Lead foot clearance decreased with low-contrast obstacles in older adults with and without central vision loss"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"130","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8756-1120","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kierstyn","family":"Napier-Dovorany","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shirley","family":"Rietdyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Allison H.","family":"Gruber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shirin E.","family":"Hassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5088","DOI":"10.1167\/iovs.10-6644","article-title":"Risk of falls, injurious falls, and other injuries resulting from visual impairment among older adults with age-related macular degeneration","volume":"52","author":"Wood","year":"2011","journal-title":"Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci."},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"800","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2008.01666.x","article-title":"Older women with age-related macular degeneration have a greater risk of falls: a physiological profile assessment study","volume":"56","author":"Szabo","year":"2008","journal-title":"J. Am. Geriatr. Soc."},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"508","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1532-5415.2001.49107.x","article-title":"Visual risk factors for falls in older people","volume":"49","author":"Lord","year":"2001","journal-title":"J. Am. Geriatr. Soc."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajo.2025.08.051","article-title":"Importance of screening for contrast sensitivity, falls, and mobility limitations in older adults with maculopathy","author":"Agathos","year":"2025","journal-title":"Am. J. Ophthalmol."},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"365","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/17.6.365","article-title":"Falls by elderly people at home: prevalence and associated factors","volume":"17","author":"Blake","year":"1988","journal-title":"Age Ageing"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"21","DOI":"10.1177\/0733464804271279","article-title":"Age-Related Changes in Gait and Obstacle Avoidance Capabilities in Older Adults: A Review","volume":"24","author":"Kovacs","year":"2005","journal-title":"J. Appl. Gerontol."},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"212","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1444-0938.2005.tb06699.x","article-title":"Vision and falls","volume":"88","author":"Black","year":"2005","journal-title":"Clin. Exp. Optom."},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1833","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2009.02436.x","article-title":"Older people contact more obstacles when wearing multifocal glasses and performing a secondary visual task","volume":"57","author":"Menant","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. Am. Geriatr. Soc."},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"178","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2007.01485.x","article-title":"Use of single-vision eyeglasses improves stepping precision and safety when elderly habitual multifocal wearers negotiate a raised surface","volume":"56","author":"Johnson","year":"2008","journal-title":"J. Am. Geriatr. Soc."},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"751","DOI":"10.1093\/gerona\/glq015","article-title":"Impaired depth perception and restricted pitch head movement increase obstacle contacts when dual-tasking in older people","volume":"65","author":"Menant","year":"2010","journal-title":"J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci."},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"409","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsr.2005.08.001","article-title":"Falls among older adults\u2014risk factors and prevention strategies","volume":"36","author":"Stevens","year":"2005","journal-title":"J. Saf. Res."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"148","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajo.2021.01.017","article-title":"Normal- and Low-Luminance Automated Quantitative Contrast Sensitivity Assessment in Eyes With Age-Related Macular Degeneration","volume":"226","author":"Ou","year":"2021","journal-title":"Am. J. Ophthalmol."},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"227","DOI":"10.1016\/0966-6362(96)82852-9","article-title":"Waterloo Vision and Mobility Study: Normal gait characteristics during dark and light adaptation in individuals with age-related maculopathy","volume":"3","author":"Spaulding","year":"1995","journal-title":"Gait & Posture"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib14","first-page":"697","article-title":"Vision and mobility performance of subjects with age-related macular degeneration","volume":"79","author":"Hassan","year":"2002","journal-title":"Optom. Vis. Sci."},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"890","DOI":"10.1097\/OPX.0000000000001960","article-title":"Topical Review: Impact of Central Vision Loss on Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance while Walking","volume":"99","author":"Cloutier","year":"2022","journal-title":"Optom. Vision. Sci."},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib16","first-page":"770","article-title":"Waterloo Vision and Mobility Study: gait adaptations to altered surfaces in individuals with age-related maculopathy","volume":"71","author":"Spaulding","year":"1994","journal-title":"Optom. Vis. Sci."},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4120","DOI":"10.1167\/iovs.12-9897","article-title":"Patients with central visual field loss adopt a cautious gait strategy during tasks that present a high risk of falling","volume":"53","author":"Timmis","year":"2012","journal-title":"Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"100","DOI":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2020.01.020","article-title":"Gait characteristics during inadvertent obstacle contacts in young, middle-aged and older adults","volume":"77","author":"Muir","year":"2020","journal-title":"Gait Posture"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"685","DOI":"10.1016\/S0021-9290(98)00081-5","article-title":"Placing the trailing foot closer to an obstacle reduces flexion of the hip, knee, and ankle to increase the risk of tripping","volume":"31","author":"Chou","year":"1998","journal-title":"J. Biomech."},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"219","DOI":"10.1007\/s00221-012-3253-y","article-title":"Factors leading to obstacle contact during adaptive locomotion","volume":"223","author":"Heijnen","year":"2012","journal-title":"Exp. Brain Res."},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"302","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1475-1313.2011.00837.x","article-title":"The effect of the visual characteristics of obstacles on risk of tripping and gait parameters during locomotion","volume":"31","author":"Rietdyk","year":"2011","journal-title":"Ophthalmic Physiol. Opt."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"106","DOI":"10.1016\/0966-6362(95)93504-6","article-title":"Effects of age-related maculopathy on strategies for going over obstacles of different heights and contrast [Abstract]","volume":"3","author":"Patla AE","year":"1995","journal-title":"Gait Posture"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"97","DOI":"10.1097\/OPX.0000000000002219","article-title":"Obstacle contrast modulates gait behavior in younger and older adults","volume":"102","author":"Napier-Dovorany","year":"2025","journal-title":"Optom. Vision. Sci."},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1437","DOI":"10.1089\/jwh.2006.0245","article-title":"Circumstances and consequences of falls in community-dwelling older women","volume":"16","author":"Nachreiner","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. Women\u2019s. Health (Larchmt. )"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"481","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1440-172X.2012.02060.x","article-title":"Home environmental and health-related factors among home fallers and recurrent fallers in community dwelling older Korean women","volume":"18","author":"Lim","year":"2012","journal-title":"Int. J. Nurs. Pract."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib26","article-title":"The Role of Home Hazards in the Association Between Visual Function and Falls in Older Adults","author":"Xu","year":"2025","journal-title":"JAMA Ophthalmol."},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"27","DOI":"10.1016\/S0386-1112(14)60234-X","article-title":"New definitions of kinetic visual acuity and kinetic visual field and their aging effects","volume":"33","author":"Wu","year":"2009","journal-title":"IATSS Res."},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"397","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291700046730","article-title":"Limits of the 'Mini-Mental State' as a screening test for dementia and delirium among hospital patients","volume":"12","author":"Anthony","year":"1982","journal-title":"Psychol. Med."},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"424","DOI":"10.1097\/OPX.0000000000002145","article-title":"The impact of vision loss on attitudes toward autonomous vehicles: A vision-centric analysis","volume":"101","author":"Kuborn","year":"2024","journal-title":"Optom. Vision. Sci."},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1381","DOI":"10.1249\/01.MSS.0000078924.61453.FB","article-title":"International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity","volume":"35","author":"Craig","year":"2003","journal-title":"Med. Sci. Sports Exerc."},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2032","DOI":"10.1364\/JOSAA.7.002032","article-title":"Contrast in complex images","volume":"7","author":"Peli","year":"1990","journal-title":"J. Opt. Soc. Am. A"},{"issue":"S2","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib32","first-page":"1432","article-title":"M., Application REML model and determining cut off of ICC by multi-level model based on Markov Chains simulation in health. Indian","volume":"5","author":"Vajargah","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. Fundam. Appl. Life Sci."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2013.00863","article-title":"Calculating and reporting effect sizes to facilitate cumulative science: a practical primer for t-tests and ANOVAs","volume":"4","author":"Lakens","year":"2013","journal-title":"Front. Psychol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib34","series-title":"Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults: The Role of Aging and Movement Disorders","first-page":"55","article-title":"Visual Control of Adaptive Locomotion and Changes Due to Natural Ageing","author":"Hollands","year":"2017"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"M196","DOI":"10.1093\/geronj\/46.6.M196","article-title":"Stepping over obstacles: gait patterns of healthy young and old adults","volume":"46","author":"Chen","year":"1991","journal-title":"J. Gerontol."},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib36","first-page":"884","article-title":"The addition of stripes (a version of the 'horizontal-vertical illusion') increases foot clearance when crossing low-height obstacles","volume":"59","author":"Foster","year":"2016","journal-title":"Ergonomics"},{"issue":"16","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4016","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbiomech.2016.10.045","article-title":"Alternative measures of toe trajectory more accurately predict the probability of tripping than minimum toe clearance","volume":"49","author":"Byju","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. Biomech."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"189","DOI":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2023.09.017","article-title":"Can minimum toe clearance predict community-based trips by older adults?","volume":"107","author":"Avalos","year":"2024","journal-title":"Gait Posture"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"673","DOI":"10.1007\/s40259-021-00499-2","article-title":"Anti-VEGF and Other Novel Therapies for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Update","volume":"35","author":"Parravano","year":"2021","journal-title":"BioDrugs"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296_bib40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"621","DOI":"10.1002\/j.1538-9235.1996.tb04538.x","article-title":"Mobility of people with retinitis pigmentosa as a function of vision and psychological variables","volume":"73","author":"Haymes","year":"1996","journal-title":"Optom. Vis. Sci."}],"container-title":["Gait & Posture"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0966636226002067?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0966636226002067?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]],"date-time":"2026-08-28T12:18:25Z","timestamp":1787919505000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0966636226002067"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"references-count":40,"alternative-id":["S0966636226002067"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296","relation":{},"ISSN":["0966-6362"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0966-6362","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Stepping over obstacles: Lead foot clearance decreased with low-contrast obstacles in older adults with and without central vision loss","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Gait & Posture","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gaitpost.2026.110296","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 Elsevier B.V. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"110296"}}