Alignment between balance confidence and fall risk in later life: Has over-confidence been overlooked?

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-352

  Fortinsky, Richard H ^a   Panzer, Victoria ^a   Wakefield, Dorothy ^a   Into, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance confidence; Fall prevention; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 70349656400     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570903015735     Document Type: Article

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