The relationship of fear of falling and balance confidence with balance and dual tasking performance

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   Carleton, Nicholas R ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^b   Barden, John ^a   Zwakhalen, Sandra ^c   Fitzgerald, Brian ^a   Ghandehari, Omeed O ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance confidence; Falls; Falls efficacy; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863626255     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024054     Document Type: Article

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