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post-fall syndrome: a standalone construct

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post-fallsyndrome1 CONSTRUCTPost-fall syndromeMURPHY · GERIATRIC MEDICINE

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Geriatric medicine

a pattern after a fall in which an older person develops fear, hesitancy and gait changes that restrict activity even without serious injury.

In geriatric medicine, post-fall syndrome refers to a pattern after a fall in which an older person develops fear, hesitancy and gait changes that restrict activity even without serious injury. This meaning comes from Murphy (1982) in Gerontology.[1]

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fall2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructsgait3 fields · 4 citationsinvariant · one construct, three systemsinjury2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers

References

  1. Murphy, J., & Isaacs, B. (1982). The Post-Fall Syndrome. Gerontology, 28(4), 265-270. https://doi.org/10.1159/000212543

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