Preface (B. Vellas, Y. Christen). List of Contributors. Risk factors for fall-related injuries among community elderly: methodological issues (M.E. Tinetty, E. Claus, W.L. Liu). Causes and prevention of falls in elderly people (L.Z. Rubenstein, K.R. Josephson). After the fall: consequences and implications of falls by old people (J. Grimley Evans). The role of exercise in fall prevention: developing targeting criteria for exercise programs (D.M. Buchner, M.E. Cress, E.H. Wagner, B.J. de Lateur). Falls and fractures in older women (M.C. Nevitt, S.R. Cummings, The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group). Hip fracture (H.M. Perry III, J.E. Morley). A comparative study of falls, gait and balance in elderly persons living in North America ( Albuquerque, NM, USA ) and Europe ( Toulouse, France ): methodology and preliminary results (B.J. Vellas, P.J. Garry, S.J. Wayne, R.N. Baumgartner, J.L. Albarede). Gait disorders in the elderly: assessing the risk for falls (L. Sudarsky, M. Ronthal). The effects of age, disease and gender on the balance of healthy elderly (L. Wolfson, R. Whipple, C.A. Derby, P. Amerman, J.N. Tobin, L. Nashner). Effects of neurological disorders on postural movement strategies in the elderly (F.B. Horak). Falls in the elderly: a therapeutic approach by optokinetic reflex stimulations (A. Semont, E. Vitte, G. Freyss). Muscle proprioception: a powerfull sensory input for postural adaption in man (J.P. Roll, L. Hay, C. Quoniam, R. Roll). Vestibular patients and aging subjects lose use of visual input and expend more energy in static postural control (M. Toupet, P.M. Gagey, S. Heuschen). Index.
