Clinical Disorders of Balance, Posture and Gait, 2Ed

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. The Diagnosis And Management Of The Patient With Abnormal Balance, Posture, And Gait Present The Busy Physician With A Formidable Challenge. This Text Provides A Comprehensive Account By Leading Specialists In The Field, Of The Various Disorders Causing These Clinical Problems, And Of Their Subsequent Management. The Book Deals With Very Common Clinical Problems: That Of The Patient Who Says He Has Difficulty Keeping His Balance, Who Reports Dizziness Or Difficulty In Walking. Since Such Symptoms Can Be Due To Disorders Of The Brain, The Ear Or Of The Joints And Muscles In The Legs, The Editors Have Resorted To A Variety Of Specialits To Cover The Many Underlying Disorders Involved. Both The Physiological And Clinical Features Of Motor, Vestibular And Musculo-skeletal Disorders Are Examined In Detail By Internationally Renowned Specialists. 1. Posture And Equilibrium / Jean Massion And Marjorie H. Woollacott -- 2. Adaptive Human Locomotion: Influence Of Neural, Biological And Mechanical Factors On Control Mechanisms / Aftab E. Patla -- 3. Development Of Balance And Gait Control / Marjorie H. Woollacott, Christine Assaiante And Bernard Amblard -- 4. Classification Of Balance And Gait Disorders / John G. Nutt And Fay B. Horak -- 5. Orthopedic Assessment Of Gait Disorders / John H. Patrick And Louw Van Niekerk -- 6. Clinical Neurological Assessment Of Balance And Gait Disorders / Philip D. Thompson -- 7. Neuro-otological Assessment In The Patient With Balance And Gait Disorder / Adolfo M. Bronstein, Michael A. Gresty And Peter Rudge -- 8. Objective Assessment Of Posture And Gait / Kenton R. Kaufman -- 9. Postural Imbalance In Peripheral And Central Vestibular Disorders / Thomas Brandt And Marianne Dieterich -- 10. Cerebellar Gait And Sensory Ataxia / Lewis Sudarsky -- 11. Gait And Balance In Basal Ganglia Disorders / Bastiaan R. Bloem And Kailash P. Bhatia -- 12. Spastic Movement Disorders / Volker Dietz -- 13. Frontal And Higher Level Gait Disorders / Philip D. Thompson And John G. Nutt -- 14. Cerebrovascular Disease And Hydrocephalus / Jose Masdeu -- 15. Psychiatric Aspects Of Dizziness And Imbalance / Rolf G. Jacob, Thomas Brandt And Joseph M. Furman -- 16. Syncopal Falls, Drop Attacks And Their Mimics / Bastiaan R. Bloem, Sebastiaan Overeem And J. Gert Van Dijk -- 17. Rehabilitation Of Balance Disorders In The Patient With Vestibular Pathology / Marousa Pavlou, Anne Shumway-cook, Fay B. Horak, Lucy Yardley And Adolfo M. Bronstein -- 18. Neurological Rehabilitation Of Gait And Balance Disorders / Karl-heinz Mauritz, Stefan Hesse And Cordula Werner -- 19. Psychosocial Aspects Of Disorders Affecting Balance And Gait / Lucy Yardley, Marjan Jahanshahi And Richard S. Hallam -- 20. Balance Control In Older Adults / Pei-fang Tang And Marjorie H. Woollacott -- 21. Falls And Gait Disorders In The Elderly -- Principles Of Rehabilitation / Peter Overstall -- 22. Syncope-related Falls In The Older Person / Rose Anne Kenny And Lynne Armstrong. Edited By Adolfo M. Bronstein ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 The diagnosis and treatment of the patient with critically impaired walking abilities present the busy physician with a formidable challenge. This book provides a comprehensive account of the various balance, posture and gait disorders, and of the methods for Their effective Read More ...management. The text is divided into five sections dealing with the normal and developmental aspects, the assessment, the clinical disorders and the rehabilitation of balance and gait, as well as with the specifics of gait and balance disorders in the elderly. The authors discuss common clinical problems: difficulty in keeping one's balance, dizziness, or difficulty in walking. Symptoms like these are able to attribute a host of different disorders of the motor system, the muscoloskeletal apparatus, the vestibular system, or even psychological imbalance, so the editors have taken to cross-disciplinary approach to the subject. Neurologists, psychiatrists, Physiologists, orthopedic surgeons, neuro-otologists, geriatricians, physiotherapists and havebeen Recruited as contributors and Encouraged to tread across frontiers so as to Provide a multi-directional view of the various ailments. The aim of this volume is not to exhaust any specific disease Resulting in the impairment of gait, balance, or posture. Rather, the editors emphasize the need for physicians dealing with gait and balance disorders to broaden Their knowledge of other medical specialties, and set out from a more exhaustive base When looking for the cause of disease. The second edition of this text which covers all clinical aspects of human locomotion and its disorders has been updated and revised throughout. Important changes in this edition include new chapters on techniques for gait analysis, peripheral neuropathies and dizziness