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The correlation between fear of falling and upper extremity muscle strength

Bulent Yardimci, Melahat Akdeniz and Tarik Demir
Saudi Medical Journal April 2021, 42 (4) 411-418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200674
Bulent Yardimci
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Yardimci), Istanbul American Hospital; from the Department of Nursing Home (Demir), Balikli Rum Hospital, Istanbul; and from the Department of Family Medicine (Akdeniz), Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
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Melahat Akdeniz
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Yardimci), Istanbul American Hospital; from the Department of Nursing Home (Demir), Balikli Rum Hospital, Istanbul; and from the Department of Family Medicine (Akdeniz), Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
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Tarik Demir
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Yardimci), Istanbul American Hospital; from the Department of Nursing Home (Demir), Balikli Rum Hospital, Istanbul; and from the Department of Family Medicine (Akdeniz), Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
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