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• Title:Falls in older people : risk factors and strategies for prevention / Stephen R. Lord [and others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Lord, Stephen R. (Stephen Ronald), 1957-
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  

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  • Call Number: WA288 .F347 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: WA288 .F347 2007
    
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  • Status:Available
    

   
• Medical Subjects:Accidental Falls--prevention & control.
  Aged.
  Risk Factors.
  Wounds and Injuries--epidemiology.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:x, 395 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780521680998 (pbk.)
  0521680999
  
• Contents:1. Epidemiology of falls and fall-related injuries
  2. Postural stability and falls
  3. Gait characteristics and falls
  4. Sensory and neuromuscular risk factors for falls
  5. Psychological factors and falls
  6. Medical risk factors for falls
  7. Medications as risk factors for falls
  8. Environmental risk factors for falls
  9. relative importance of falls risk factors : an evidence-based summary
  10. Exercise interventions to prevent falls
  11. Exercise interventions to improve physical functioning
  12. Medical management of older people at risk of falls
  13. Assistive devices and falls prevention
  14. Modifying the environment to prevent falls
  15. Prevention of falls in hospitals and residential aged care facilities
  16. physiological profile approach to falls risk assessment and prevention
  17. Research into practice
  18. Falls in older people : future directions for research.