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For prevention, it is important to understand the pathophysiology of falls in PD patients, but the predictors for the possible mechanisms underlying such falls have not been clearly elucidated. In this prospective observational study, we investigated the implications of falling direction to predict the mechanisms of recurrent falls in PD patients. We enrolled 62 recurrent fallers with PD and divided them into two groups according to the main falling directions: 45 PD fallers who fell forward (forward fallers), and 17 PD fallers who fell in the other directions (non-forward fallers). Although there was no difference in demographic data, parkinsonism, or frontal lobe function, forward fallers showed more severe falls and tended to fall during walking or turning, while non-forward fallers usually fell during sitting\/standing or turning. Additionally, forward fallers revealed higher score on a freezing of gait (FOG) questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that FOG was associated with falling forward, while balance impairment, akinetic-rigid subtype, and neuropsychiatric symptoms were associated with falling into the other directions. 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