Increased anxiety about falls and walking ability among community‐dwelling <scp>J</scp>apanese older adults during the <scp>COVID‐19</scp> pandemic

Abstract

About 2 months after declaration of the first state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, social activity was severely restricted. Older adults showed almost no changes in body pain and locomotive disabilities, but increases in their anxieties about walking ability and falling were remarkable.