Background fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in
communities, present in older people who have fallen but also in older people who have …

Since the identification of the post-fall syndrome1 and use of the term “ptophobia”(the phobic
reaction to standing or walking) 2 in the early 1980s, fear of falling (FOF) has gained …

Objective: this study aimed to perform a comprehensive validation of the 16-item and 7-item
Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) by investigating the overall structure and …

Background: there is a need for a measure of fear of falling that assesses both easy and
difficult physical activities and social activities and is suitable for use in a range of languages …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the proportion of time spent in three levels of mobility (lying,
sitting, and standing or walking) by a cohort of hospitalized older veterans as measured by …

OBJECTIVES: Previous cross‐sectional studies have shown a correlation between falls and
fear of falling, but it is unclear which comes first. Our objectives were to determine the …

Background. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of fear of falling on the health of
older people. Methods. A total of 528 subjects (mean age 77 years) were recruited from two …

Abstract Background: the 16-item Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) has been shown
to have excellent reliability and construct validity. However, for practical and clinical …

Objective: This article aimed to critically examine preexisting conceptualizations of the
relationship among fear of falling, falls efficacy, and falls and to offer a new theoretical model …

Miller WC, Speechley M, Deathe B. The prevalence of risk factors of falling and fear of falling
among lower extremity amputees. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; 82: 1031-7. Objective: To …