حسنی مهربان, افسون

گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران، تهران، ایران.

[ 1 ] - روایی و پایایی نسخه فارسی‌شده مقیاس فعالیت‌های کارساز روزمره زندگی لوتون در مبتلایان به دمانس

Objectives: The Lawton IADL (instrumental activities of daily living) Scale is considered as one of the widely used tools to assess activities of daily livings in patients with dementia, but its validity and reliability has never been assessed in Persian-speaking populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of this widely used scale among patients with ...

[ 2 ] - مقایسه‌ کارایی تکالیف دوگانه در جوانان و سالمندان

Objectives: The main goal of this study was to investigate the impact of difficulty level of postural task on dual task performance in young and older adults. Methods & Materials: 20 young (20-30 years) and 20 elderly (65-70 years) participants were selected by non-probable sampling method. Postural tasks (standing with parallel feet on the hard and foam surface) and cognitive task retrieved...

[ 3 ] - بررسی تأثیر بازآموزی تعادل چند حسی بر کنترل وضعیتی سالمندان

Objectives: It has been found that older adults fall or sway significantly more than younger ones under sensory conflict conditions. Considering the prospects of future increases in the elderly population size of Iran and the lack of proper postural control and the high costs of its probable consequences, this study investigated the effects of multi balance training on postural control. Meth...

[ 4 ] - Factors affecting clinical reasoning of occupational therapists: a qualitative study

 Background: Clinical reasoning is generally defined as the numerous modes of thinking that guide clinical practice but little is known about the factors affecting how occupational therapists manage the decision-making process. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors influencing the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists. Methods: Twelve occupational therapy pr...

[ 5 ] - Internal Consistency of Reliability Assessment of the Persian version of the ‘Home Falls and Accident Screening Tool’

Objectives: Falling is a common problem among the elderly. Falling indoors and outdoors is highly prevalent among the Iranian elderly. Therefore, identification of the contributing factors at home and their modification can reduce falls and subsequent injuries inthe elderly. The goal of this study was to identify the elderly at risk of fall, using the ‘Home Falls and Accident Screening To...

[ 6 ] - ‌‌‌‌‌Recourse Allocation in Young and Elderly Adults

Objectives: The role of cognitive process for postural control was shown in dual task studies. However, there was no definite evidence how verbal instructions influence the allocation of attention to postural control. This study determined whether young and elderly adult are able to deliberately control the resource allocation when performing a sensorimotor and cognitive task simultaneously and...