Falls in Older People: Risk Factors and Strategies for Prevention

The first edition of this very successful book was written to synthesize and review the large body of work covering falls in order people. Since then, there has been an even greater wealth of informative and promising studies designed to increase our understanding of falls risk factors and prevention strategies. The book is written in three parts: epidemilogy and falls risk factors, strategies for prevention, and future research directions. New material covers studies of tripping, slipping and stepping that accurately reflect situations in which people fall, and recent research on visual, neuropsychological and medical risk factors. The book also reviews the numerous new randomized controlled trials that have examined the effects of exercise, visual, cardiovascular and environmental interventions in preventing falls. The new edition will be an invaluable update for medical practitioners, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, researchers, health service managers and healthcare workers in the disciplines of public health, injury and occupational health. Book jacket.

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