The second edition of this definitive text, covering all clinical aspects of human locomotion and its disorders. Multidisciplinary in authorship and approach, it covers all the important clinical areas. Updated and revised throughout, the book has been expanded to allow for increased knowledge on the subject. Important changes for the second edition include: new chapters on techniques for gait analysis, peripheral neuropathies and dizziness.
Author(s): Adolfo M. Bronstein, Thomas Brandt, Marjorie H. Woollacott, John G. Nutt
Edition: 2
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 480
Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 8
Preface to the second edition......Page 10
Preface to the first edition......Page 12
1. Posture and equilibrium......Page 14
2. Adaptive human locomotion: influence of neural, biological and mechanical factors on control mechanisms......Page 33
3. Development of balance and gait control......Page 52
4. Classification of balance and gait disorders......Page 76
5. Orthopedic assessment of gait disorders......Page 87
6. Clinical neurological assessment of balance and gait disorders......Page 106
7. Neuro-otological assessment in the patient with balance and gait disorder......Page 112
8. Objective assessment of posture and gait......Page 143
9. Postural imbalance in peripheral and central vestibular disorders......Page 159
10. Cerebellar gait and sensory ataxia......Page 176
11. Gait and balance in basal ganglia disorders......Page 186
12. Spastic movement disorders......Page 220
13. Frontal and higher level gait disorders......Page 229
14. Cerebrovascular disease and hydrocephalus......Page 235
15. Psychiatric aspects of dizziness and imbalance......Page 258
16. Syncopal falls, drop attacks and their mimics......Page 299
17. Rehabilitation of balance disorders in the patient with vestibular pathology......Page 330
18. Neurological rehabilitation of gait and balance disorders......Page 357
19. Psychosocial aspects of disorders affecting balance and gait......Page 373
20. Balance control in older adults......Page 398
21. Falls and gait disorders in the elderly – principles of rehabilitation......Page 417
22. Syncope-related falls in the older person......Page 435
A......Page 452
B......Page 453
C......Page 455
D......Page 457
E......Page 458
F......Page 459
G......Page 460
H......Page 462
L......Page 463
M......Page 464
N......Page 466
O......Page 467
P......Page 468
S......Page 472
T......Page 475
V......Page 476
W......Page 479
