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Step length appears to be a strong discriminant gait parameter for elderly females highly concerned about falls: a cross-sectional observational study

Renata Noce Kirkwood, Bruno de Souza Moreira, Márcia L.D.C. Vallone, Sueli Aparecida Mingoti, Rosângela Corrêa Dias, Rosana Ferreira Sampaio

Physiotherapy · 2010 · 81 citations · 32 references

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Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype

Linda P. Fried, Catherine M. Tangen, Jeremy Walston et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2001 · 23.5K citations · Full text

The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons

Diane Podsiadlo, Sandra Richardson · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1991 · 13.9K citations

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Falls Efficacy as a Measure of Fear of Falling

Mary E. Tinetti, David M. Richman, Leah Powell · Journal of Gerontology · 1990 · 2K citations

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Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)

Lucy Yardley, Nina Beyer, Klaus Hauer et al. · Age and Ageing · 2005 · 2K citations · Full text

Gait Changes in Older Adults: Predictors of Falls or Indicators of Fear?

Brian E. Maki · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 1997 · 1.7K citations