Recreational Physical Activity Levels in Healthy Older Women: The Importance of Fear of Falling

Bruce, David; Devine, Amanda; L. Prince, Richard

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50012.x

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Recreational Physical Activity Levels in Healthy Older Women: The Importance of Fear of Falling

Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society • Jan 1, 2002

Authors:

David Bruce

Amanda Devine

Richard L. Prince

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether fear of falling is a probable cause of reduced recreational physical activity levels in healthy older women. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand five hundred older, ambulatory women (aged 70-85), selec...

Subject

Fear of falling

Medicine

Gerontology

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