Fits, Faints and Falls in Old age

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Human Walk and Fall

   • M. S. Kataria

   Pages 1-10

3. Stability, Movement and Posture

   • S. K. Das, M. S. Kataria

   Pages 11-13

4. Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Falls

   • P. W. Overstall

   Pages 15-26

5. Falls in Old Age: Clinical Aspects

   • A. J. D. Farquharson

   Pages 27-43

6. Rehabilitation of Fallers

   • A. Squires, D. E. Bayliss

   Pages 45-74

7. Gait and Falls

   • M. S. Kataria, S. K. Das

   Pages 75-83

8. Community and Hospital Services

   • M. Green

   Pages 85-107

9. After a Fall

   • K. G. F. Benton, T. M. Strouthidis

   Pages 109-131

10. Back Matter

    Pages 133-137

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Events in anyone day of the aged consist of the functions of daily living modified or enhanced for each individual according to his or her capability. It is the constant aim of the medical professions to enhance the individual's quality of life and to try to avoid what is preventable. Among some of the hazards of the geriatric day are fits, faints and falls. It is the fall which often highlights the first two and the consequences may be serious for an old person. Perhaps one day an easy way to circumvent the 'forces of gravity' or drugs to counteract impaired sensory input will be found. The importance of the study of gait has been increasingly recognized by physicians working in this field of medicine for the elderly; writings by geriatricians on the subject are numerous. Bernard Isaacs in his gait research laboratory in Birmingham is studying the subject. In this book the experience of the contributors is brought together, inevitably with some overlap, which has in the main been avoided by restructuring, modification and crosschecking of articles.

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• Department of General Medecine for the Elderly South Bedfordshire Health Authority, St. Mary’s Hospital, Luton, England

  Mohan S. Kataria

• Kings College Hospital, UK

  Mohan S. Kataria

• St Francis Hospital, UK

  Mohan S. Kataria

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