Facts and Research in Gerontology, Issue 1Distributed in U.S.A. by Springer Publishing Company, 1996 - Aging |
Contents
A Strategy for Reducing Falls Among Older Adults | 5 |
The Prevention of Falls in Old People | 13 |
A Possible Path from Disease | 21 |
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analysis ankle assessment associated with falls balance disorders baseline survey biomechanical caregivers center-of-pressure clinical concerns about falling correlation Cycle duration differences disability disease displacement effects emergency ward environmental factors for falls fall experience fall risk fallers falls among elderly falls in older fear of falling follow-up fracture risk function gait abnormalities gait and balance gait parameters gender Geriatr Soc Gerontol Gerontology Hazard ratios hip fracture hospital impairment increased injurious falls intervention logistic regression measures menarche menopause mobility muscle non-fallers nursing home older adults older persons orthopaedic emergency ward osteoporosis patients performance postmenopausal postural control postural responses posturography preceding baseline survey prevention proprioception prospective study QSUM ratio reduced regression analysis reported risk factors risk of falling sensory significant significantly stance duration step length strategies subjects sway velocity swing duration Table TI group Tinetti unipedal variables vestibular visual acuity walking ability women