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Fear-related avoidance of activities, falls and physical frailty
— a prospective community-based cohort study | | Author(s) | Kim Delbaere, Geert Crombez, Guy Vanderstraeten |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 33, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 368-373 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Recreation ; Exercise ; Inactivity ; Falls ; Anxiety ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Belgium. |
| Annotation | Mobility tasks such as walking and reaching are more often avoided by those older people with fear of falling. Fear-related avoidance of activities is correlated with physical performance, including general physical frailty, postural control and maximal muscle strength. Fear-related evidence of activities is predictive of future falls. This article reports findings of a Belgian study of 225 community-living older people (94 men and 131 women) aged 61-92. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040929203 A |
| Classmark | H: CEA: C5: OLF: ENP: DP: 3F: 76E |
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