Jefferis, BJ;
Iliffe, S;
Kendrick, D;
Kerse, N;
Trost, S;
Lennon, LT;
Ash, S;
... Whincup, PH; + view all
(2014)
How are falls and fear of falling associated with objectively measured physical activity in a cohort of community-dwelling older men?
BMC Geriatr
, 14
(1)
, Article 114. 10.1186/1471-2318-14-114.
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Abstract
Falls affect approximately one third of community-dwelling older adults each year and have serious health and social consequences. Fear of falling (FOF) (lack of confidence in maintaining balance during normal activities) affects many older adults, irrespective of whether they have actually experienced falls. Both falls and fear of falls may result in restrictions of physical activity, which in turn have health consequences. To date the relation between (i) falls and (ii) fear of falling with physical activity have not been investigated using objectively measured activity data which permits examination of different intensities of activity and sedentary behaviour.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | How are falls and fear of falling associated with objectively measured physical activity in a cohort of community-dwelling older men? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2318-14-114 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-114 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2014 Jefferis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1453927 |
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