Environment Intensifies Imbalance and Fear of Falling: Comparing Urban and Rural Aging Communities

CONCLUSION: Imbalance in older people leads to the fear and experience of falling. This imbalance is strongly influenced by the environment. Urban pollution can contribute to this problem. Future studies on aging need to focus on environmental pollution and diversity in the experience of falling and imbalance.PMID:37638588 | DOI:10.2174/1874609816666230503094432

Source: Current Aging Science - August 28, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mahin Nazari Tayebeh Rakhshani Ali Khani Jeihooni Abedin Bakht Abnoos Abdolrahim Asadollahi Source Type: research