Vulnerability in high-functioning persons aged 65 to 70 years: The importance of the fear factor

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-218

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fear of falling; Frailty; Gait; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77955354436     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03324799     Document Type: Article

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