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We examined the effects of objectively measured physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) on fear of falling (FOF) among older adults. The subjects were 94 Korean females aged 65-79. PA was measured with accelerometers, PF with the senior fitness test and FOF with the Korean Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly. With the subjects’ age, number of chronic conditions, and history of falls included as cor-rection factors, a multiple regression analysis showed that PA (P=0.016) and agility/dynamic balance measured by the 8-foot up-and-go test (UNG) (P=0.001) significantly influenced FOF. The FOF of the slowest UNG quartile was significantly higher than those of other groups (P=0.002). This study concludes that among female older adults agility/dynamic balance as measured by UNG is the main factor impacting FOF and individuals with markedly low UNG tend to have high FOF.

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Abstract
 INTRODUCTION
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
  Participants
  Predisposing factors
  Fear of falling
  Physical activity
  Physical fitness
  Data analysis
 RESULTS
 DISCUSSION
 CONCLICT OF INTEREST
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 REFERENCES

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저자

• Myung Kim [ Department of Health Convergence, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Seung-Kil Lim [ Department of Exercise Prescription, Dongshin University, Naju, Korea ]
• Sohee Shin [ School of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea ]
• Jae-Hyun Lee [ Department of Health Convergence, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  JER [Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation]

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  격월간

• pISSN

  2288-176X

• eISSN

  2288-1778

• 수록기간

  2013~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613