Gait disorders of aging : falls and therapeutic strategies

著者

• Masdeu, Joseph C.
• Sudarsky, Lewis
• Wolfson, Leslie

書誌事項

Gait disorders of aging : falls and therapeutic strategies

editors, Joseph C. Masdeu, Lewis Sudarsky, Leslie Wolfson

Lippincott-Raven, c1997

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Gait and balance disorders are common in the elderly and an important source of morbidity. They contribute in a measurable way to the risk for falls and fall-related injury. These disorders are essentially an interdisciplinary problem. Neurology, neurophysiology, rehabilitation medicine, orthopedics, and geriatrics all have different approaches to problems of mobility in the elderly. The authors have produced a book which will be useful and accessible to practitioners in all of these disciplines. The book includes epidemiology, sections on methods, treatment and approaches to rehabilitation, some discussion of normal physiology, and a review of diseases which contribute to gait and balance disorders

目次

• Gait and balance impairment - an overview
• falls in the elderly - risk factors and prevention
• physiology of balance, with special reference to the healthy elderly
• neurophysiology of locomotion - recent advances in the study of locomotion
• balance decrements in older persons - effect of age and disease
• changes in gait with normal ageing
• clinical and research methodology for the study of posture
• clinical and research methodology for the study of gait
• toward a nosology of gait disorders - descriptive classification
• clinical approach to gait disorders of ageing - an overview
• foot and ankle disorders affecting gait balance
• cervical spondylotic myelopathy
• gait disorders in Parkinson and other movement disorders
• cerebrovascular disorders
• a clinical approach to symptomatic hydrocephalus in the elderly
• vestibular and cerebellar disorders of equilibrium and gait
• peripheral neuropathy - disorders of proprioception
• the cautious gait, fear of falling, and psychogenic gait disorders
• evaluating the older person who falls
• interventions to reduce the multifactorial risks for falling
• physical intervention for elderly patients with gait disorders
• improving balance in older adults - identifying the significant training stimuli
• resistance training
• environmental factors in the prevention of falls. Appendices: the axial mobility exercise programme
• performance-oriented environmental mobility screen (POEMS).

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA32330326
• ISBN:
  • 0316549150
• LCCN: 97004217
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Philadelphia
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 443 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : RC376.5
  • NLM : WE 103 G1437 1997
  • DC21 : 618.97/683
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Gait disorders in old age
  • LCSH : Falls (Accidents) in old age
  • MESH : Gait -- in old age
  • MESH : Movement Disorders -- in old age
  • MESH : Accidental Falls -- in old age
  • MESH : Equilibrium -- in old age
  • MESH : Posture -- in old age