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040 _aDNLM/DLC
041 0 _aeng
042 _apcc
060 0 0 _aWA 288
245 0 0 _aFalls in older people :
_brisk factors, strategies for prevention and implications for practice
250 _a3rd ed.
263 _a2110
264 1 _aCambridge;
_aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2021
300 _axvi, 484p
500 _aPreceded by Falls in older people / Stephen R. Lord ... [et al.]. 2nd ed. c2007.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis third edition brings together the latest literature across multiple fields to facilitate the understanding and prevention of falls in older adults. Thoroughly revised by a multidisciplinary team of authors, it features a new three-part structure covering epidemiology and risk factors for falls, strategies for prevention and implications for practice. The book reviews and incorporates new research in an additional thirteen chapters covering the biomechanics of balance and falling, fall risk screening and assessment with new technologies, volitional and reactive step training, cognitive-motor interventions, fall injury prevention, promoting uptake and adherence to fall prevention programs and translating fall prevention research into practice.
650 1 2 _aOlder people - Health risk assessment
650 1 2 _aFalls (Accidents) in old age
650 2 2 _aAged
650 2 2 _aRisk Factors
700 1 _aLord, Stephen R
700 1 _aSherrington, Catherine
700 1 _aNaganathan, Vasi
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999 _c95855
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