Understanding and preventing falls
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Roger Haslam; David Stubbs
- ناشر : Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis/CRC Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780203647233
Description
Contents 1 Introduction Roger Haslam and David Stubbs 1 2 Walking on the Level: Footwear and the Walking Surface Raoul Grönqvist 12 3 Steps and Stairs Mike Roys 42 4 Role of Vision in Falls Peter Howarth 57 5 Ageing and Falls Stephen Lord, Catherine Sherrington, and Hylton Menz 75 6 Epidemiological Approaches to Investigating Causes of Occupational Falls Tim Bentley and Roger Haslam 95 7 Investigation of Individual Fall Incidents Paul Lehane and David Stubbs 114 8 The Assessment and Prevention of Pedestrian Slip Accidents Steve Thorpe, Paul Lemon, and Stephen Taylor 126 9 Occupational Falls Outdoors: Understanding and Preventing Falls in the New Zealand Logging Industry Tim Bentley, Richard Parker, and Liz Ashby 142 10 Falls during Entry/Egress from Vehicles Fadi Fathallah 157 11 Behaviour and the Safety of Older People on Stairs Roger Haslam, Denise Hill, Joanne Sloane, Peter Howarth, and Katherine Brooke Wavell 173 12 Preventing Falls Roger Haslam and David Stubbs 196 Index 204
