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Falls and fear of falling among Israeli community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional national survey

BACKGROUND: Falls and fear of falling are a major problem for older people and a leading cause of functional decline and institutionalization. There is limited data on the prevalence of falls in a 12-month period among Israeli older adults. Our main objective was to evaluate the prevalence of falls...

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Autores principales: Frankenthal, Dvora, Saban, Mor, Karolinsky, Dolev, Lutski, Miri, Sternberg, Shelley, Rasooly, Iris, Laxer, Irit, Zucker, Inbar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33810818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13584-021-00464-y