Balance Confidence and Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Are Most Predictive of Falling in Older Adults: Prospective Analysis | Zendy

Merrill R. Landers | Zendy; Sarrie Oscar | Zendy; Jessica Sasaoka | Zendy; Kyle Vaughn | Zendy

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Balance Confidence and Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Are Most Predictive of Falling in Older Adults: Prospective Analysis

Author(s) -

Merrill R. Landers,

Sarrie Oscar,

Jessica Sasaoka,

Kyle Vaughn

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20150184

Subject(s) - fear of falling , balance (ability) , psychology , poison control , injury prevention , confidence interval , population , dynamic balance , berg balance scale , gait , prospective cohort study , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , physical therapy , medical emergency , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , surgery

Evidence suggests that there are several fall predictors in the elderly population, including previous fall history and balance impairment. To date, however, the role of psychological factors has not yet been thoroughly vetted in conjunction with physical factors as predictors of future falls.

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