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Protective or harmful? A qualitative exploration of older people’s perceptions of worries about falling

BACKGROUND: worries about falling are common in older people. It has been suggested that these worries can reduce balance safety by acting as a distracting dual-task. However, it is also possible that worries may serve a protective purpose. The present work adopted a qualitative approach to conduct...

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Autores principales: Ellmers, Toby J, Wilson, Mark R, Norris, Meriel, Young, William R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35363253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac067