Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Vellas, Bruno J ^a,b   Wayne, Sharon J ^a   Romero, Linda J ^a   Baumgartner, Richard N ^a   Garry, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Falling; Fear of falling; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030811271     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.3.189     Document Type: Article

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