What is the Relationship Between Fear of Falling and Gait in Well-Functioning Older Persons Aged 65 to 70 Years?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 879-884

  Rochat, Stephane ^a   Büla, Christophe J ^a   Martin, Estelle ^a   Seematter Bagnoud, Laurence ^a,b   Karmaniola, Athanassia ^b   Aminian, Kamiar ^a   Piot Ziegler, Chantal ^c   Santos Eggimann, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Psychology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SENSOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77952711350     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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