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The influence of fear of falling on gait and balance in older people
- Source :
- Age and Ageing, 38, 4, pp. 435-440, Age and Ageing, 38, 435-440
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Contains fulltext : 81248reelick.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: fear of falling (FoF) has great impact on functioning and quality of life of older people, but its effects on gait and balance are largely unknown. METHODS: we examined FoF in 100 participants aged >or=75 years, using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale. Participants with a mean score
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Aging
Poison control
Walking
Suicide prevention
Fear of falling
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Cognition
Quality of life
Injury prevention
Perception and Action [DCN 1]
medicine
Humans
Alzheimer Centre [NCEBP 11]
Sex Distribution
Gait
Geriatric Assessment
Postural Balance
Balance (ability)
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Neuro- en revalidatiepsychologie
Neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology
Plasticity and Memory [DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 3]
Psychological determinants of chronic illness [NCEBP 8]
General Medicine
Fear
Preferred walking speed
Accidental Falls
Female
Geriatrics and Gerontology
medicine.symptom
Psychology
human activities
Psychomotor Performance
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00020729
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Age and Ageing, 38, 4, pp. 435-440, Age and Ageing, 38, 435-440
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e0898ab08d84d0c931a0c2a50098f292
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp066