A prospective study of the relationship between feared consequences of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older people.

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Published in Gerontologist on February 01, 2002

Authors

Lucy Yardley1, Helen Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, United Kingdom. l.yardley@soton.ac.uk

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