Falls in Older People

Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and Implications for Practice
Herausgeber: Sherrington, Catherine; Naganathan, Vasi; Lord, Stephen R.

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Produktbeschreibung

A complete overview of the latest research from multiple fields to facilitate the prevention of falls in older people. This fully revised third edition features new chapters on fall detection and risk assessment with new technologies. An accessible guide for researchers, practitioners, students and health care professionals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 170mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 968g
• ISBN-13: 9781108706087
• ISBN-10: 1108706088
• Artikelnr.: 61855624

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Epidemiology and risk factors for falls: 1. Epidemiology of falls
and fall-related injuries Stephen Lord, Catherine Sherrington and Cameron
Hicks; 2. Postural stability and falls Jasmine Menant, Yoshiro Okubo and
Hylton Menz; 3. Gait characteristics and falls Jasmine Menant, Hylton Menz
and Carly Chaplin; 4. Sensory and neuromuscular risk factors for falls
Stephen Lord; 5. Biomechanics of balance and falling Daina Sturnieks; 6.
Foot problems, footwear and falls Hylton Menz; 7. Brain function and falls
Michele Callisaya, Oshadi Jayakody and Kim Delbaere; 8. Impaired cognition
and falls Morag Taylor and Julie Whitney; 9. The psychology of fall risk:
fear, anxiety, depression and balance confidence Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
and Kim Delbaere; 10. Medical risk factors for falls Naomi Noguchi and Vasi
Naganathan; 11. Medications as risk factors for falls Lulu Ma and Vasi
Naganathan; 12. Environmental risk factors for falls Alison Pighills and
Lindy Clemson; 13. Fall detection and risk assessment with new technologies
Kimberly van Schooten and Matthew Brodie; 14. Fall risk screening and
assessment Anne Tiedemann and Stephen Lord; 15. The relative importance of
fall risk factors - analysis and summary Stephen Lord, Catherine
Sherrington and Vasi Naganathan; Part II. Strategies for prevention -
Overview: Fall prevention: 16. Exercise to prevent falls Catherine
Sherrington, Anne Tiedemann and Nicola Fairhall; 17. Volitional and
Reactive Step Training Yoshiro Okubo and Daina Sturnieks; 18.
Cognitive-motor interventions and their effects on fall-risk in older
people Daniel Schoene and Daina Sturnieks; 19. Cognitive behavioural
interventions for addressing fear of falling and fall risk Rixt Zilstra and
Kim Delbaere; 20. The medical management of older people at risk of falls
Mark Latt and Vasi Naganathan; 21. Fall prevention interventions for people
with visual impairment Stephen Lord; 22. Footwear, othoses, walking aids,
wearable technology and restraint devices for fall prevention Hylton Menz;
23. Environmental interventions to prevent falls at home and in the
community Lindy Clemson and Alison Pighills; 24. Fall injury prevention:
hip protectors and compliant flooring Susan Kurrle and Ian Cameron; 25.
Multifactorial fall prevention strategies: Where to next? Sarah Lamb and
Hopin Lee; 26. Fall prevention in hospitals Anne-Marie Hill; 27. Fall
prevention in residential aged care facilities Clemens Becker, Kilian Papp
and Patrick Roigk; Part III. Implications for Practice: 28. Strategies to
promote uptake and adherence to fall prevention programs Anne Tiedemann,
Leanne Hassett and Catherine Sherrington; 29. Translating fall prevention
research into practice Kathryn Sibley, Alexandra Korall and Alexie
Touchette; 30. Interventions reduce falls, but what is the cost for better
health outcomes? Jennifer Davis, Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Chun-Liang Hsu; 31.
Brining it altogether Stephen Lord, Catherine Sherrington and Vasi
Naganathan.