Open AccessHip protectors improve falls self-efficacy
Author(s) -
ID Cameron
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/29.1.57
Subject(s) - medicine , fear of falling , physical therapy , falling (accident) , self efficacy , randomized controlled trial , fall prevention , poison control , injury prevention , emergency medicine , psychology , surgery , psychiatry , psychotherapist
To investigate the effect of use of external hip protectors on subjects' fear of falling and falls self-efficacy (belief in their own ability to avoid falling).
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