Falls in older adults: The new pandemic in the post COVID-19 era?

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Dec:145:110321. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110321. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Authors

Miguel Ángel De La Cámara¹, Augusto Jiménez-Fuente², Ana Isabel Pardos³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Educación Física, Deporte y Motricidad Humana, Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: miguel.camara@uam.es.
² Department of Education, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
³ Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Service, Los Cármenes Health Center (SERMAS), Madrid, Spain.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / prevention & control
Accidental Falls / statistics & numerical data*
Aged
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
Fear
Humans
Pandemics*
Physical Distancing
Postural Balance
Risk
SARS-CoV-2
Sedentary Behavior
Sensation Disorders / etiology
Social Isolation