Falls in Older People: Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention

Since the first edition of this very successful book was written to synthesise and review the enormous body of work covering falls in older people, there has been an even greater wealth of informative and promising studies designed to increase our understanding of risk factors and prevention strategies. This new edition is written in three parts: epidemiology, strategies for prevention, and future research directions. New material includes the most recent studies covering: balance studies using tripping, slipping and stepping paradigms; sensitivity and depth perception visual risk factors; neurophysiological research on automatic or reflex balance activities; and the roles of syncope, vitamin D, cataract surgery, health and safety education, and exercise programs. This new edition will be an invaluable update for clinicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, researchers, and all those working in community, hospital and residential or rehabilitation aged care settings.

Stephen R. Lord is Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney Catherine Sherrington is Australian Research Training Fellow at the Schools of Public Health and Physiotherapy, University of Sydney Hylton B. Menz is Senior Research Fellow at the Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora Jacqueline C. T. Close is Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney