Recreational Physical Activity Levels in Healthy Older Women: The Importance of Fear of Falling
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- 21 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 50 (1) , 84-89
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50012.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether fear of falling is a probable cause of reduced recreational physical activity levels in healthy older women. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analysis of baseline data from a lo...Keywords
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