“…6,38 In the young, they are able to compensate for loss of a single stressor such as vision, but in the elderly or people with diabetes, vision is critical. 24,31,39,40 Even walking or standing in dim light, for people with diabetes, increases sway. 8 The data in the present investigation, then, agree with previous data in that under conditions of eyes closed, sway was greater in the older group and even greater in the group with diabetes.…”