Transient versus persistent fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: Incidence and risk factors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1225-1231

  Oh Park, Mooyeon ^a   Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Holtzer, Roee ^a,b   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fear of falling; older adults; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PERSISTENT FEAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT FEAR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960421946     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03475.x     Document Type: Article

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