Centre de recherche, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), 4565 Chemin Queen-Mary, Montréal, Québec, H3W 1W5, Canada; Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 1033 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, 6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, H4H 1R3, Canada.
Maturitas. 2018 Apr;110:18-20. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.01.001. Epub 2018 Jan 10.
We investigated the association between fear of falling (FoF) and motor imagery (MI) abilities in older people. Cross-sectional data from 3552 French older adults were used to conduct a multiple linear regression analysis looking at the association between FoF and MI abilities after controlling for several factors (e.g. gender, age, history of falls). MI abilities were significantly lower in older adults reporting a FoF compared with those without this fear. The presence of lower MI abilities, reflecting deficits in gait control, may explain why older people with a FoF are at higher risk of falling.
我们研究了老年人跌倒恐惧（FoF）与运动意象（MI）能力之间的关系。使用来自 3552 名法国老年人的横断面数据，进行了多元线性回归分析，在控制了几个因素（如性别、年龄、跌倒史）后，观察 FoF 与 MI 能力之间的关系。与没有这种恐惧的老年人相比，报告有 FoF 的老年人的 MI 能力明显较低。较低的 MI 能力反映了步态控制的缺陷，这可能解释了为什么有 FoF 的老年人跌倒的风险更高。
