Is Fear of Falling Really Fear of the Consequences?
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[Fear of falling].
Fear of falling (FF) can be considered as a protective response to a real threat, preventing the elderly from performing activities with high risk of falling, but can also lead to a restriction of the activities that will result in a long-term adverse effect on social, physical or cognitive functions. There is a prevalence of FF in 30% in the elderly who have no history of falls, and double tha...
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Fear of Falling in the Elderly
Evolution of the Concept In the late 1970s, Marks and Bebbington described “space phobia” in four elderly women who had intense fear of falling “when there was no visible support at hand or on seeing space cues while driving”.1 These authors speculated that space phobia “might be a hitherto unrecognized syndrome or an unusual variant of agoraphobia”. In 1982, Murphy and Isaacs published their c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.suppl_3.p12-a