On the nature of fear of falling in Parkinson's disease

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-228

  Rahman, S ^a   Griffin, H J ^a,b   Quinn, N P ^a   Jahanshahi, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

falls; Fear of falling; mobility; Parkinson's disease; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEAR; FEAR OF FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 80052624930     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0330     Document Type: Article

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