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Observational studyMedicine2015

Association of Physical Performance and Pain With Fear of Falling Among Community-Dwelling Japanese Women Aged 65 Years and Older.

Yoshihito Tomita, Kazuhiko Arima, Mitsuo Kanagae, Takuhiro Okabe, Satoshi Mizukami, Takayuki Nishimura, Yasuyo Abe, Hisashi Goto, Itsuko Horiguchi, Kiyoshi Aoyagi

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Observational study in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yoshihito TomitaFrom the Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan (YT, KA, MK, TO, TN, YA, KA); Department of Rehabilitation, Nishi-Isahaya Hospital, Isahaya, Japan (YT, MK, TO, SM); Goto Health Care Office, Nagasaki, Japan (HG); and Center for Public Relations Strategy, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (IH).
Kazuhiko Arima
Mitsuo Kanagae
Takuhiro Okabe
Satoshi Mizukami
Takayuki Nishimura
Yasuyo Abe
Hisashi Goto
Itsuko Horiguchi
Kiyoshi Aoyagi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our aim was to explore the association of physical performance and pain with fear of falling among community-dwelling Japanese women.The subjects were 278 women aged 65 years and over. We collected information on fear of falling, painful joints, comorbidities, falls in the previous year, and cataracts. Walking time (distance of 6 m), chair stand time (5 times), grip strength, the timed up and go test (TUG), and functional reach were measured.The prevalence of fear of falling was 36.3%, and it increased with age, but it was not significant (P = 0.081). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that poor physical performance (longer walking time, longer chair stand time, weaker grip strength, and longer TUG) and pain (low back, and upper and lower extremity pain) were significantly associated with fear of falling after adjusting for age, body mass index, comorbidities, falls in the previous year, and cataracts.Maintaining physical functioning and managing pain may be important for elderly women with fear of falling.

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Accidental FallsAsian PeopleIndependent LivingAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsArthralgiaComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesDisease ManagementFearFemaleHand StrengthHumansMotor ActivityMuscle Strength

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PMID26334906
PMCPMC4616514

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