Falls

Evidence-based neurology checklist on falls: Neurological causes Gait and balance disorders Drop attacks Parkinson’s disease (PD) Huntington’s disease (HD) Stroke Dementia Cerebellar ataxia Peripheral neuropathy (PN) Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) Myotonic dystrophy Carotid stenosis…

Neurological causes

  • Gait and balance disorders
  • Drop attacks
  • Parkinson’s disease (PD)
  • Huntington’s disease (HD)
  • Stroke
  • Dementia
  • Cerebellar ataxia
  • Peripheral neuropathy (PN)
  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
  • Myotonic dystrophy
  • Carotid stenosis
  • Lower limb weakness
  • White matter brain lesions

Non-neurological causes

Drug-induced

Assessment

Management

Indications for cardiac pacing

References

  1. Thurman DJ, Stevens JA, Rao JK. Practice parameter: assessing patients in a neurology practice for risk of falls (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2008; 70:473-479.
  2. Rubenstein LZ, Josephson KR. The epidemiology of falls and syncope. Clin Geriatr Med 2002; 19:141-158.
  3. Bhidayasiri R, Waters MF, Giza CC. Neurological Differential Diagnosis. A Prioritized Approach. Blackwell Publishing Massachusetts 2005 pp93-94.
  4. Wood BH, Bilclough JA, Bowron A, Walker RW. Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study. JNNP 2002; 72:721-725.
  5. Busse ME, Wiles CM, Rosser AE. Mobility and falls in Huntington's disease. JNNP 2009; 80:88-90.
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