Melzer Itshak  received his BPT in physical therapy in 1985. In 2001 he obtained a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from the Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva, Israel, and from 2001 to 2003 he was Post-doctoral research fellow at the NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston University, Boston, USA. Since 2003 he is the Director of the Schwartz Movement analysis & Rehabilitation Laboratory in the Physical Therapy Department, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His research interests include mechanisms of postural control and development of interventions to reduce falls in older adults. Melzer Itshak  received his BPT in physical therapy in 1985. In 2001 he obtained a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from the Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva, Israel, and from 2001 to 2003 he was Post-doctoral research fellow at the NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston University, Boston, USA. Since 2003 he is the Director of the Schwartz Movement analysis & Rehabilitation Laboratory in the Physical Therapy Department, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His research interests include mechanisms of postural control and development of interventions to reduce falls in older adults.

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