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| Fear of imbalance and falling | | Author(s) | Lucy Yardley |
| Journal title | Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol 8, no 1, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 23-30 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Inactivity ; Anxiety ; Correlation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This review examines the relationship between dysequilibrium, falling and anxiety, and their combined impact on the lives of older people. More than one in four people aged over 69 fall each year, and a higher proportion of those over 74. The results of existing research in mixed age population are extrapolated, to suggest possible explanations for observed patterns of co-varying physical and psychological balance-related problems in older people. Review of the literature on imbalance, falling, and fear of falling is supplemented by analysis of the correlations between these variables in a sub-sample of older people assessed prior to participation in a trial of rehabilitation for dizziness. The first half of the review considers various ways in which imbalance, falling and anxiety are connected, while the second half discusses how these three factors may relate to restriction of activity and handicap. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981119224 A |
| Classmark | OLF: C5: ENP: 49: 64A |
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