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  1. Department of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

    Anja Dautel, Clemens Becker & Klaus Pfeiffer

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Dautel, A., Becker, C. & Pfeiffer, K. Reply to the letter : "Psychometric properties of the German version of the Fear of Falling Questionnaire-revised (FFQ-R) in a sample of older adults after hip or pelvic fracture". Aging Clin Exp Res 33, 675–676 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01789-z

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