Fear of Falling and Quality of Life of Apparently-Healthy Elderly Individuals from a Nigerian Population

Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study.

Kim Delbaere, Jacqueline Close, Henry Brodaty et al. · PubMed · 2010 · 5.4K citations · Full text

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Falls and Fear of Falling: Which Comes First? A Longitudinal Prediction Model Suggests Strategies for Primary and Secondary Prevention

Susan M. Friedman, Beatriz Muñoz, Sheila K. West et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Prospective Study of the Impact of Fear of Falling on Activities of Daily Living, SF-36 Scores, and Nursing Home Admission

Robert G. Cumming, Glenn Salkeld, Margaret H. Thomas et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2000 · 902 citations · Full text

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Gerontological Nursing +14

Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population of community-living older people

G. A. Rixt Zijlstra, Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt, J. Th. M. van Eijk et al. · Age and Ageing · 2007 · 660 citations · Full text

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Fear of Falling and Activity Restriction: The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE)

Margie E. Lachman, Jonathan Howland, Sharon L. Tennstedt et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series B · 1998 · 618 citations

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