Fear of Falling
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منابع مشابه
[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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Objective The purpose of the paper is to describe the ‘fear of falling’ phenomenon; to raise clinicians awareness; to consider the associated risk factors; Setting Fear of falling can be experienced in any clinical setting or within people own homes. Primary argument Individual clinicians and the treatment and care teams should consider fear of falling in people with a disordered gait or balanc...
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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: Physical Therapy
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0031-9023,1538-6724
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/82.3.264