Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 291-296 , February 2008

Validation of an Adapted Falls Efficacy Scale in Older Rehabilitation Patients

  • Christophe J. Büla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Christophe J. Büla, MD, CUTR Sylvana, Ch de Sylvana 10, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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  • Estelle Martin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Stéphane Rochat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Chantal Piot-Ziegler, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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 Supported in part by the Swiss National Scientific Foundation (grant no. 3252BO-100416) and the Leenaards Foundation.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01693-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.152

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Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 291-296 , February 2008

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