Relationships Between Fear of falling, Functional Status, and Depression........56
 The Experience of Fear of Falling Post-Stroke ....................................... 60
 Onset of falling with the stroke event ............. ........................................61
 Experiencing the changed body ....................................... ............... 62
 A pervasive fear of the unpredictable .......................................................64
 Falls as an everyday life experience.................................. ............... 66
 Strategies for managing fear of falling ............. .......................................66
 D iscu ssion ............................................................................................................ 7 0
 Characterization of Fear of Falling.................................. ........................ 71
 L im itatio n s ..................................................................................................... 7 4
 Future R research ................................................... .. .......... .............. .. 74

5 C O N C L U SIO N ......... ......................................................................... ........ .. ..... .. 77

APPENDIX

EVIDENCE BASED TABLE FOR FEAR OF FALLING AND ACTIVITY
 R E ST R IC T IO N ................... .................... ................................... .......... .. .... 1

L IST O F R E FE R E N C E S ....................................................................... ... ...................85

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ............................................................. ............... 105