Medidas de avaliação do medo de cair e impacto destas no equilíbrio estático, dinâmico e funcional

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The fear of falling among the elderly has received attention as a potential public health problem of comparable importance to a fall.The great interest in understanding this phenomenon is caused mainly by the negative consequences that may result.Fear of falling is a multifactorial condition responsible for the restricted activity and functional limitation.This study, in the health and quality of life in old age, has in its composition two articles that investigate the fear of falling into two distinct populations.The aim of this paper was to outline a model predictive of fear of falling through the related factors in the elderly community.It was a cross-sectional, epidemiological whose random sample consisted of 2209 individuals aged less than 60 years.As (39.67%) and men (69.33%) women.The results were: 72% of elderly people showed fear of falling, 68.59% of the elderly without a history of falls in the last year, showed fear of falling, 85.92% of the elderly who did not engage in vi

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