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Title Balance, gait and falls / volume editors Brian L. Day and Stephen R. Lord
Published Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2018]
©2018
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 432 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Handbook of clinical neurology ; volume 159
Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 159.
Contents Section I. Basic aspects. Sensorimotor anatomy of gait, balance and falls -- Sensory integration for human balance control -- Gravity estimation and verticality perception -- Sensorimotor control of standing balance -- Balance Perturbations -- Voluntary steps and gait initiation -- Gait -- Gait adaptability -- Ecology of Falls -- Section II. Clinical aspects. Ageing -- Parkinson's disease -- Falls in frontotemporal dementia and related syndromes -- Stroke -- Dystonia -- Balance, gait and falls in multiple sclerosis -- Gait, balance and falls in Huntington disease -- Cerebellar ataxia -- Tremor -- Dementia -- Cerebral palsy -- Poliomyelitis -- Motor neurone disease -- Brainstem lesions and gait -- Balance, gait and falls in spinal cord injury -- Disorders of the inner ear balance organs and their pathways -- Peripheral nerve disease -- Functional (psychogenic) gait disorder: Diagnosis and management
Summary "Balance, Gait, and Falls, Volume 159 presents the latest information on sensorimotor anatomy, sensory integration, gravity and verticality, standing balance, balance perturbations, voluntary stepping and gait initiation, gait and gait adaptability, disorders of balance and gait that result from aging and neurological diseases. The book provides a brief overview of age-related changes in the structure and function of sensorimotor and central processes, with sections specifically devoted to Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia, stroke, corticobasal degeneration, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, dystonia, tremor, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, cerebral palsy, polio, motor neuron disease, brainstem lesions, spinal lesions, peripheral nerve disease, and psychogenic conditions. Diseases covered have a common structure comprising background and epidemiology, pathology, balance disorders, gait disorders, falls, therapies (including fall prevention), and future directions"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from electronic title page (ScienceDirect, viewed December 10, 2018)
Subject Gait disorders.
Equilibrium (Physiology)
Falls (Accidents)
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Gait in humans.
Postural Balance
Gait
Gait Disorders, Neurologic -- physiopathology
Accidental Falls
Nervous System Diseases
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Gait in humans
Equilibrium (Physiology)
Falls (Accidents)
Gait disorders
Nervous system -- Diseases
Form Electronic book
Author Day, Brian L., editor
Lord, Stephen R. (Stephen Ronald), 1957- editor.
ISBN 9780444639172
0444639179