Developing meaningful fear of falling measures for community dwelling elderly

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 662-673

  Velozo, Craig A ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of Daily Living; Fear of Falling; Psychometrics; Rasch Analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RASCH ANALYTICAL APPROACH;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIBRATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0034884180     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200109000-00006     Document Type: Article

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