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. 2022 Oct 12:4:1025026.
doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.1025026. eCollection 2022.

Measures of falls efficacy, balance confidence, or balance recovery confidence for perturbation-based balance training

Shawn Leng-Hsien Soh  1   2
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Measures of falls efficacy, balance confidence, or balance recovery confidence for perturbation-based balance training

Shawn Leng-Hsien Soh. Front Sports Act Living. .
No abstract available

Keywords: balance confidence; balance recovery confidence; falls efficacy; falls management; falls prevention; fear of falling; perturbation-based training; self-efficacy.

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The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The various domains of falls efficacy and the different stages surrounding a fall. The figure has been adapted and reproduced with permission (15).
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