Fear of falling is prevalent in older adults with diabetes mellitus but is unrelated to level of neuropathy

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 480-488

  Kelly, Carolyn ^a   Fleischer, Adam ^b   Yalla, Sai ^b   Grewal, Gurtej S ^c   Albright, Rachel ^b   Berns, Dana ^b   Crews, Ryan ^b   Najafi, Bijan ^c  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FALLING; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 84888991338     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030480     Document Type: Article

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