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Contributors
Foreword
Preface
1 Gait and Balance Impairment: An Overview 1
2 Falls in the Elderly: Risk Factors and Prevention 13
3 Physiology of Balance, with Special Reference to the Healthy Elderly 37
4 Neurophysiology of Locomotion: Recent Advances in the Study of Locomotion 55
5 Balance Decrements in Older Persons: Effects of Age and Disease 79
6 Changes in Gait with Normal Aging 93
7 Clinical and Research Methodology for the Study of Posture and Balance 107
8 Clinical and Research Methodology for the Study of Gait 123
9 Toward a Nosology of Gait Disorders: Descriptive Classification 135
10 Clinical Approach to Gait Disorders of Aging: An Overview 147
11 Foot and Ankle Disorders Affecting Gait and Balance 159
12 Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy 197
13 Gait Disorders in Parkinsonism and Other Movement Disorders 209
14 Cerebrovascular Disorders 221
15 A Clinical Approach to Symptomatic Hydrocephalus in the Elderly 245
16 Vestibular and Cerebellar Disorders of Equilibrium and Gait 261
17 Peripheral Neuropathy: Disorders of Proprioception 273
18 The Cautious Gait, Fear of Falling, and Psychogenic Gait Disorders 283
19 Evaluating the Older Person Who Falls 297
20 Interventions to Reduce the Multifactorial Risks for Falling 309
21 Physical Intervention for Elderly Patients with Gait Disorders 327
22 Improving Balance in Older Adults: Identifying the Significant Training Stimuli 355
23 Resistance Training 381
24 Environmental Factors in the Prevention of Falls 395
App. A The Axial Mobility Exercise Program 415
App. B Performance-Oriented Environmental Mobility Screen 429
Index 433