Fear of moving outdoors and development of outdoor walking difficulty in older people: Clinical Investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 634-640

  Rantakokko, Merja ^a   Mänty, Minna ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b   Törmäkangas, Timo ^a   Leinonen, Raija ^c   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GeroCenter Foundation for Research and Development   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Environment; Fear of moving outdoors; Walking difficulty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOISE POLLUTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRAFFIC; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63849269578     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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