Gait disorders of aging : falls and therapeutic strategies
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Gait disorders of aging : falls and therapeutic strategies
Lippincott-Raven, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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
Table of Contents
- 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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