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Fear of falling more important than pain and depression for functional recovery after surgery for hip fracture in older people

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2006

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Richard C. Oude Voshaar, Sube Banerjee, Mike Horan, R Baldwin, Neil Pendleton, Rebekah Proctor, Nicholas Tarrier, Yvonne Woodward, Alistair Burns

Psychological Medicine

Abstract

Fear of falling and cognitive functioning may be more important than pain and depression to predict functional recovery after hip fracture surgery. Rehabilitation strategies should take this into account.