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Use of electronic anatomy practical examinations for remediating "at risk" studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes a combination of anatomy testing and grading strategies to allow "at risk" (borderline failing) students an opportunity to remediate their lowest set of examination scores and pass their anatomy course. An alternative electronic practical examination for these students provided flexibility in laboratory scheduling, thereby increasing laboratory access for other students taking concurrent courses. Specifically, the electronic examinations allowed for a reduction in the amount of time the cadaver laboratory is locked down for examination purposes. Masters-level occupational therapy (MOT) students, phys...
Source: Anatomical Sciences Education - November 20, 2009 Category: Anatomy Authors: Frank J. Daly Source Type: journals

Pushing the brain to find new pathwaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. Although this belief has been refuted, an occupational therapy professor believes that the current health system is still not giving patients enough time to recover. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news

Child physiotherapy program expandedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Children older than six who require daily physiotherapy or occupational therapy will soon be able to get it at three P.E.I. schools. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

MU Occupational Therapy Professor Says Recovery From Brain Injuries Can Last A LifetimeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

MU Occupational Therapy Professor Says Recovery From Brain Injuries Can Last A LifetimeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. (Source: Stroke / Neuroprotection News From Medical News Today)
Source: Stroke / Neuroprotection News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Neurology Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Scope of practice of occupational therapists working in Victorian community health settingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Study findings have implications for occupational therapy training, and there is a clear need for input at policy level to address the significant resource allocation issues raised. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - November 18, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lynne Quick, Suzanne Harman, Sue Morgan, Karen Stagnitti Source Type: journals

Pushing the brain to find new pathwaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining abilities. Although this belief has been refuted, a University of Missouri occupational therapy professor believes that the current health system is still not giving patients enough time to recover. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Navigating ethical discharge planning: A case study in older adult rehabilitationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Dialogue is needed to identify risks, help clients determine their personal level of acceptable risk and determine provisions to minimise risks. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - November 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Evelyne Durocher, Barbara E. Gibson Source Type: journals

What Types of Community Services Are Available?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion Health care providers often view the patient through the medical lens and may not see the full view of all aspects of patients and families lives. Even many who work in community centered locations may not be aware of the breadth of services wanted and needed by families. Medical and community services are diverse in every location and often change as funding becomes available or dries up. One of the most difficult tasks for a health care provider (and patients and families) is to move to a new location and need to locate and access various services. Health care providers who take care of patients and families ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 16, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: info

Physiotherapy Associates at National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference and ExpoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physiotherapy Associates workers compensation services encompass physical therapy, occupational therapy, functional capacity evaluations, and specialized return-to-work programs such as work conditioning. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 13, 2009 Category: Disability Tags: November 2009 Events Source Type: info

Retirement: What will you do? A narrative inquiry of occupation-based planning for retirement: Implications for practiceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Occupational therapists have a unique understanding of the centrality of occupation to health and wellbeing. Thus occupational therapists are well-positioned to assist people identify, plan and engage in meaningful occupations outside work in retirement. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - November 12, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Alana Hewitt, Linsey Howie, Susan Feldman Source Type: journals

The Wide-Awake Approach to Dupuytren’s Disease: Fasciectomy under Local Anesthetic with EpinephrineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The Wide-Awake Approach to Dupuytren's contracture involves fasciectomy under local anesthetic with epinephrine and no tourniquet. The goal of this study is to show that the Wide-Awake Approach produces equivalent outcomes to fasciectomy under general anesthetic with a tourniquet, with fewer risks to the patient. A multicenter retrospective review was conducted on 111 patients with fasciectomies under local or general anesthetic between 2001 and 2007. Data on patient demographics, comorbidities, cost, as well as range of motion was collected and evaluated using Microsoft Excel and SAS. Of 148 finger...
Source: Hand - November 10, 2009 Category: Surgery Tags: Hand Source Type: journals

The Association Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Related Structural Changes in Hands and Computer Keyboard OperationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion Severity of structural changes and age are significant predictors of keyboarding style for computer operators with RA. The keyboarding styles used by computer operators with RA appear to reduce typing productivity and have the potential to put stress on joints already affected by RA. Computer operators with RA may benefit from worksite modifications that address keyboarding style such as alternate keyboards. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10926-009-9216-xAuthors Nancy A. Baker, University of Pittsburgh Department of Occupational Therapy 5012 Forbes Tower Pittsburgh PA 15260 USANorman P. Gustafs...
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - November 7, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Source Type: journals

Occupational therapy protocol for amputees with targeted muscle reinnervation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article briefly describes the procedure and presents the protocol for postoperative, preprosthetic care. We also recommend a guide to patient training using standard-of-care prosthetic devices controlled by up to four intuitive, independent, and isolated myoelectric signals. We discuss the advantages of this new control paradigm and methods for optimizing clinical outcomes for patients with high-level upper-limb amputations. This material is based on more than 6 years of experience treating patients with TMR in a research setting. Detailed results of this research are reported elsewhere. PMID: 19882483 [PubMed - i...
Source: J Rehabil Res Dev - November 4, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Stubblefield KA, Miller LA, Lipschutz RD, Kuiken TA Tags: J Rehabil Res Dev Source Type: journals

Functional and work outcomes improve in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who receive targeted, comprehensive occupational therapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Work disability is a serious consequence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We conducted a 6-month, prospective randomized controlled trial comparing assessments of function, work, coping, and disease activity in employed patients with RA receiving occupational therapy intervention versus usual care.Employed patients with RA with increased perceived work disability risk were identified by the RA Work Instability Scale (WIS; score [ge]10). Patients were stratified into medium- (score [ge]10 and (Source: Arthritis Care and Research)
Source: Arthritis Care and Research - October 29, 2009 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Alyssa M. Macedo, Stephen P. Oakley, Gabriel S. Panayi, Bruce W. Kirkham Tags: occupational therapy Source Type: journals

Does God Have a Place in Psychiatric Treatment Plans?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 1992, my father drove (more like sped) me to the emergency of Lion's Gate Hospital. I was floridly psychotic. I ran from one end of the parkade to the other, shouting ‘I am one with God'. Neither of us knew what was happening. My dad describes it as one of the most terrifying experiences of his life, for me one of the most devastating yet liberating. My diagnosis: rapid-cycling, mixed stated bipolar disorder with mild temporal lobe epilepsy and generalized anxiety disorder. Yeah, say that five times fast! Over the next five years I had four further psychotic episodes, innumerable manias and suicidal depressions and fi...
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Victoria Maxwell Tags: Anxiety bipolar disorder bucket of fish case worker discharge plan generalized anxiety disorder God health care providers health care team images of god intense focus manic depression mental illness non-compliance orderlies p Source Type: consumer

A randomized single blind crossover trial comparing leather and commercial wrist splints for treating chronic wrist pain in adults.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Leather wrist splints were superior to a commercially available fabric splint for the short-term relief of pain and dysfunction.Key words: wrist, splints, ADL, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, occupational therapy (Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - October 20, 2009 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Jill ThieleRachel NimmoWendy RowellStephen QuinnGraeme Jones Source Type: journals

Community-based intervention to optimise falls risk management: a randomised controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: compared to usual care, a multi-faceted intervention increased referrals to physiotherapy and occupational therapy but did not reduce risk of falls. Similar falls reduction interventions cannot be recommended based on the results of this study. (Source: Age and Ageing)
Source: Age and Ageing - October 19, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ciaschini, P.M., Straus, S.E., Dolovich, L.R., Goeree, R.A., Leung, K.M., Woods, C.R., Zimmerman, G.M., Majumdar, S.R., Spadafora, S., Fera, L.A., Lee, H.N. Tags: Research Paper Source Type: journals

SCIRehab Project series: the occupational therapy taxonomy. - Ozelie R, Sipple C, Foy T, Cantoni K, Kellogg K, Lookingbill J, Backus D, Gassaway J.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 18, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: info

Multi-component health promotion and disease prevention for community-dwelling frail elderly persons: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective was to investigate definitions of frailty used in studies of multi-component health promotion and disease-preventive (HPDP) intervention programmes for community-dwelling frail elderly persons and to review the content, organisation and effects of HPDP interventions. A systematic review of 19 articles was made, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was used as a structural framework for the analysis. The result shows that a consensus was reached on including various aspects of impairments in body functions and structures as an integral part of the frailty concept...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - October 17, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: European Journal of Ageing Source Type: journals

Depression and anxiety are not related to nummular headacheEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Nummular headache (NH) is a clinical picture characterized by head pain that is exclusively felt in a round, elliptical, or oval area of the head. Although there is evidence supporting an organic origin for NH, some authors question this origin, hypothesizing a potential role for psychological factors. Our aims were to investigate the differences in anxiety and depression between NH patients and healthy controls, and to analyse if these conditions were related to pain parameters in NH patients. The Beck depression inventory (BDI-II) and the trait anxiety scale from state-trait anxiety inventory (STA...
Source: The Journal of Headache and Pain - October 10, 2009 Category: Neurology Tags: The Journal of Headache and Pain Source Type: journals

Impact of caring for a school-aged child with a disability: Understanding mothers' perspectivesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Many aspects of caregiving can be relentless and challenging. Occupational therapy clinical implications aimed at supporting mothers and their children are discussed. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - October 8, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Helen Bourke-Taylor, Linsey Howie, Mary Law Source Type: journals

Recruitment and retention issues for occupational therapists in mental health: Balancing the pull and the pushEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The results supported the development of a 'push and pull' conceptualisation of recruitment and retention issues, including job-related (intrinsic) and non-job-related (extrinsic) issues. This conceptualisation allows organisations to closely examine factors that attract practitioners to positions and those that support or damage staff tenure. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - October 7, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Justin Newton Scanlan, Megan Still, Kylie Stewart, Jennifer Croaker Source Type: journals

Restorative Physical and Occupational Therapy: A Critical Need for Patients With Chronic Kidney and End-Stage Renal DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patients with CKD and ESRD present with many health problems, which may lead to increased mortality and dysfunction. Numerous comorbidities may contribute toward physical, emotional, and social problems and a decreased quality of life. Difficulty ambulating, balance deficits, joint pain and stiffness, muscle spasm and weakness, fatigue, neuropathy, and difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs) may contribute to a decrease in functional independence. Physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) aim to restore physical functioning, facilitate independence in ADLs, and promote functional independence by using v...
Source: Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease - October 5, 2009 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: James Nussbaum, Ralph K. Garcia Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

WHEDA study: Effectiveness of occupational therapy at home for older people with dementia and their caregivers - the design of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial evaluating a Dutch programme in seven German centresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DiscussionThe transfer from the Dutch mono-centre design to the pragmatic multi-site trial in a German context implicates several changes in design issues including differences in recruitment time, training of interventionists and active control group treatment.The study is registered under DRKS00000053 at the German register of clinical trials, which is connected to the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. (Source: BMC Geriatrics)
Source: BMC Geriatrics - October 1, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sebastian Voigt-RadloffMaud GraffRainer LeonhartKatrin SchornsteinMyrra Vernooij-DassenMarcel Olde-RikkertMichael Huell Source Type: journals

Lessons in living and dying from my first patient: an autoethnography.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the challenges and rewards of a fieldwork student's first encounter with death in a clinical setting and describes occupational interventions that affirm the life of a client preparing for death. PURPOSE: To explore meanings, challenges, and lessons of end-of-life care for an occupational therapy fieldwork student. METHODS: A qualitative format, autoethnography, was used to develop a narrative that reveals the lived experience of a fieldwork student. FINDINGS. Findings include a description of what a fieldwork student was and was not able to accomplish in end-of-life care. The paper describes using self...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Warne KE, Hoppes S Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Paediatric occupational therapists' reflections on meaning in professional practice: a phenomenological study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BACKGROUND: The construct of meaning plays an important role in the theories and models that inform occupational therapy; yet little research has examined the construct of meaning within the professional practices of occupational therapists. PURPOSE: The purpose of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the meanings occupational therapists identify within their professional practice occupations. METHODS: A phenomenological methodology was adopted for this study. Eight paediatric occupational therapists participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews, which were tape-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed....
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Smith KT, Kinsella EA Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Uses of the National Rehabilitation Reporting System: perspectives of geriatric rehabilitation clinicians.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BACKGROUND: The National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS) is a minimum data set for inpatient rehabilitation units. The system was designed to support administrative decision making from the facility to the national level. PURPOSE: To conduct a pilot study to explore current and potential clinician uses of NRS data, particularly for hip-fractured clients. METHODS: Focus groups with rehabilitation teams from two urban academic geriatric rehabilitation units in Ontario. FINDINGS: Few current uses were identified; barriers to use included timeliness of data reports and perceived lack of sensitivity to clinically sign...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Wells JL, Egan M, Byrne K, Jaglal S, Dumbrell AC, Stolee P Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

The impact of everyday racism on the occupations of African Canadian women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study with 50 African Canadian women used mixed methods to explore the effects of racism on their occupational experiences. METHODS: Women aged 40-65 were interviewed in-depth about everyday experiences with racism and overall well-being. Three standardized instruments assessed frequency and stressfulness of race-related experiences. FINDINGS: Everyday racism had subtle, almost intangible, impacts, shaping women's engagement with and the meaning of leisure, productive, and caring occupations. IMPLICATIONS: As occupational therapy increasingly attends to issues of cultural difference, it is critical to also attend to r...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Beagan BL, Etowa J Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Evaluating work readiness following acquired brain injury: building a shared understanding.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explored how occupational therapists evaluate work readiness following acquired brain injury in order to develop an integrated model of the factors, processes, stakeholders, and contextual elements relevant to this evaluation. METHODS: Ten occupational therapists with expertise in vocational and brain injury rehabilitation were interviewed. Data were analyzed using grounded theory methods to develop the work readiness evaluation model. FINDINGS: This model describes five processes formative to therapists' evaluation: (1) drawing upon diverse sources of information and perspectives; (2) assessing occupational cap...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Stergiou-Kita M, Rappolt S, Kirsh B, Shaw L Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Barriers and facilitators to participation in work among Canadian women living with HIV/AIDS.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BACKGROUND: The impact of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) on the participation of women in paid/unpaid work is a little understood phenomenon. PURPOSE: A research study exploring the lived experiences of Canadian women's engagement in paid/unpaid work and the barriers and facilitators mediating this phenomenon. METHOD: Study design employed a phenomenological approach using data subanalysis of transcripts, double coded for agreement and to ensure saturation of themes. RESULTS: Analysis of the data revealed an overarching theme of engagement mediated by interacting forces with ...
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Barkey V, Watanabe E, Solomon P, Wilkins S Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Occupational therapy: a thread that weaves a lifetime.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19891295 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy)
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Korner-Bitensky N Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Enabling scientific writing: recent strategies implemented through CJOT.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19891294 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy)
Source: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - October 1, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Finlayson M Tags: Can J Occup Ther Source Type: journals

Excellence in regional stroke care: an evaluation of the implementation of a stroke care unit in regional Australia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Our evaluation demonstrated that introduction of formalised stroke care to a regional hospital resulted in improved compliance with key performance indicators and better patient outcomes. Thus evidence-based specialised stroke care can be offered with confidence in regional populations. PMID: 19785681 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Australian Journal of Rural Health - September 30, 2009 Category: Rural Health Authors: McCann L, Groot P, Charnley C, Gardner A Tags: Aust J Rural Health Source Type: journals

Observation of Amounts of Movement Practice Provided During Stroke RehabilitationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The amount of practice provided during poststroke rehabilitation is small compared with animal models. It is possible that current doses of task-specific practice during rehabilitation are not adequate to drive the neural reorganization needed to promote function poststroke optimally. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 30, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Catherine E. Lang, Jillian R. MacDonald, Darcy S. Reisman, Lara Boyd, Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, Sheila M. Schindler-Ivens, T. George Hornby, Sandy A. Ross, Patricia L. Scheets Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Poster 62: Black-White Disparities in Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Associations between Physical and Occupational Therapy Interventions with OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: After controlling for patient and treatment factors, we identified no significant association between race and discharge functional outcomes. Interventions provided within activities previously found to be associated with better outcomes, were in most cases also associated with higher discharge scores. However, we identified interventions within activities that were associated with worse outcomes even though those activities were found previously to be associated with better outcomes. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 30, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Gerben DeJong, Daniel Deutscher, Susan Horn, Randall Smout, Koen Putman Tags: Stroke Source Type: journals

Poster 66: Comparing Skill Acquisition Using a Cognitive-Based Treatment Approach to Contemporary Occupational Therapy in Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled TrialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Preliminary analysis indicates larger improvements in skill performance in the CO-OP group compared to the COT group, as rated by both therapists and participants. Study limitations include non-blinding and small sample size, but the results are promising, warranting a larger-scale investigation. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 30, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sara McEwen, Helene J. Polatajko, Jennifer D. Ryan, Carolyn Baum Tags: Stroke Source Type: journals

Poster 91: Social Interaction as a Focus in Community ProgrammingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: It appears when intervention in a natural context is guided by an assessment focused on social interaction occupational therapy can positively influence social skill performance in occupations that are meaningful and relevant for the client. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 30, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Lou Ann Griswold, Douglas Simmons Tags: Measurement, Health Policy, and Other Source Type: journals

Making decisions about service delivery in early childhood programs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: To establish fluid service delivery models, therapists need to (a) plan collaboratively with teachers so that the model selected meets the teacher's preferences, (b) design flexible scheduling systems that emphasize inclusive practice, and (c) maintain precise documentation about when and how services are provided. PMID: 19801403 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools)
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools - September 30, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Case-Smith J, Holland T Tags: Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch Source Type: journals

Post-stroke fatigue: qualitative study of three focus groupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fatigue affects many persons after cerebrovascular accident, particularly those with mild stroke. A qualitative methodology using focus groups with 19 community-living post-stroke survivors was utilized to explore the occupational impact of fatigue as communicated by the participants. Although self-report of a small sample of the United States' post-stroke population will have limitations in generalizability, this study identifies specific health-related quality of life issues that can occur with post-stroke fatigue. The participants felt unprepared for the fatigue phenomenon and struggled to adapt, with fatigue having a d...
Source: Occupational Therapy International - September 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nancy A. Flinn, Jan E. Stube Source Type: journals

Occupational Therapy Home Programs for Cerebral Palsy: Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled TrialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Pediatricians can advise families that OTHPs developed with a collaborative, evidence-based approach and implemented by parents at home were clinically effective if implemented 17.5 times per month for an average of 16.5 minutes per session. (Source: PEDIATRICS)
Source: PEDIATRICS - September 27, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Novak, I., Cusick, A., Lannin, N. Tags: Therapeutics & Toxicology ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Prospective Payment System 2008 Home Health Therapy Utilization TrendsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The focus of this article is to identify therapy trends in prediction and utilization since the 2008 Home Health Prospective Payment System changes were implemented on January 1, 2008. The interdisciplinary attention is on the utilization of therapy services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology, in the home health setting, specific to beneficiaries using the Medicare Part A benefit. (Source: Home Health Care Management)
Source: Home Health Care Management - September 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Herr, R., Sarbach, M., Lang, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Excellence in regional stroke care: An evaluation of the implementation of a stroke care unit in regional AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our evaluation demonstrated that introduction of formalised stroke care to a regional hospital resulted in improved compliance with key performance indicators and better patient outcomes. Thus evidence-based specialised stroke care can be offered with confidence in regional populations. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - September 23, 2009 Category: Rural Health Authors: Leanne McCann, Patrick Groot, Chris Charnley, Anne Gardner Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

PhD Bursary opportunity: Social Enterprise/ Allied Health professionalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The University of Northampton have an opening for a PhD Bursary. The role will be to establish if allied health professional services, in particular occupational therapy, can be provided through social enterprises Applications are invited for a three year full-time PhD bursary studying the role of social enterprises in providing allied health professional services, in particular occupational therapy. The proposed project will study current and planned social enterprise schemes aimed at delivering allied health professional services, in particular occupational therapy. The project has five objectives, as...
Source: NHS Networks - September 23, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations

Increasing the occupational therapy mental health workforce through innovative practice education: A pilot projectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Though limited by its small sample size, this pilot trial has demonstrated the potential of innovative placement models to provide valuable student learning experiences in mental health. The profession needs to develop expertise in the use of innovative placement models if students are to be adequately prepared to work with the mental health issues of the Australian community now and in the future. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - September 10, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sylvia Rodger, Yvonne Thomas, Sue Holley, Elizabeth Springfield, Ann Edwards, Jacqui Broadbridge, Craig Greber, Cathy McBryde, Rebecca Banks, Rachel Hawkins Source Type: journals

Clock drawing from the occupational therapy adult perceptual screening test: Its correlation with demographic and clinical factors in the stroke populationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Clock Drawing Test may be a useful and quick screen of cognitive impairments following stroke. Age-related decline must be considered and it is essential that clinicians use this only as a strategy to determine whether a more comprehensive assessment is required. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - September 10, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Deirdre M. Cooke, Louise Gustafsson, Danica L. Tardiani Source Type: journals

An evaluation of the construct validity of the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration using the Rasch Measurement ModelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Theoretically, the VMI items are developmentally ordered; however, this ordering was not mirrored by the item logit difficulty scores obtained. This has scoring implications, where scoring a respondent's VMI test booklet is terminated after three consecutive items are not passed. Clinicians should also be aware that item 9 may exhibit bias related to gender. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - September 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ted Brown, Carolyn Unsworth, Carissa Lyons Source Type: journals

The structure of novice and expert occupational therapists' clinical reasoning before and after exposure to a domain-specific protocolEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: A protocol designed for guiding clinical reasoning in the context of upper limb hypertonia was perceived to be conceptually useful by novice and expert occupational therapists. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - September 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kathy Kuipers, James W. Grice Source Type: journals

The physical environment as a fall risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Home hazards appear to be a significant risk factor in older community-dwelling adults, although they may present the greatest risk for persons who fall repeatedly. Future research should examine relationships between mobility impairments, use of mobility aids and falls. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - September 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lori Letts, Julie Moreland, Julie Richardson, Liliana Coman, Mary Edwards, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Seanne Wilkins, Laurie Wishart Source Type: journals

Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on functional outcomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Results are significant for the field of routine outcome measurement, suggesting that when adding the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure to routine assessment within an inpatient rehabilitation setting, substantially improved Functional Independence Measure[trade] score outcomes should not be expected. The value of routine outcome measurement on client outcomes remains largely unexplored. Routinely, using outcome measures requires additional research to determine the specific benefits to our programs and client outcomes. (Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal)
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - September 9, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Heather Colquhoun, Lori Letts, Mary Law, Joy MacDermid, Mary Edwards Source Type: journals