The occupational therapy process involves the assessment and treatment of problems in occupational status. Assessment entails the sensing and defining of patients' problems and is accomplished through diagnosis. As a process, diagnosis involves the creation of a clinical image of the patient through cue acquisition, hypothesis generation, cue interpretation, and hypothesis evaluation. This sequ...

objectives: massage therapy is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies for children. this study was conducted to determine the effect of wedish massage on abnormal reflexes in children with spastic cerebral palsy (cp). methods: this study was a single blind clinical trial conducted on forty children with spastic cp who were recruited from clinics of the univ...

background: constraint induced movement therapy is one of the new therapeutic interventions that limits the performance of intact upper limb with increased use of the affected limb. aim of this study was to investigate the effects of  modified constraint induced movement therapy on weight bearing & protective extension in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. methods: 21 hemiplegic children ...

Abstract Date Presented 03/31/2022 OTs play an important role in addressing the psychosocial needs of military veterans a variety treatment settings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is evidence-based psychotherapy that aligns well with current occupational therapy practice framework. This study aims to identify therapist knowledge perspectives regarding integration ACT components into i...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of interventions addressing cognitive impairments to improve occupational performance for people with traumatic brain injury. METHOD A total of 37 studies met inclusion criteria: 9 Level I systematic reviews, 14 Level I studies, 5 Level II studies, and 9 Level III studies. RESULTS Strong evidence supports use of direct attention training, dual-task t...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the specific type of occupational therapy intervention used by occupational therapists during inpatient stroke rehabilitation in one midwestern U.S. hospital to determine the frequency of prefunctional versus functional activity use. METHOD A retrospective chart analysis was conducted of clients who received inpatient stroke rehabilitation between January 2003 and Ju...

objective massage therapy is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies for children. this study was conducted to determine the effect of swedish massage on the muscle tonicity of children with spastic cerebral palsy (cp). materials & methods this study was a single blind clinical trial conducted on forty children with spastic cp, recruited from clinics of the ...

Abstract Introduction A series of restrictive health care measures emerged limiting actions that include the work occupational therapists and proposing adaptations to provide people who require it. Objective To identify impact in Occupational Therapy clinical professionals due COVID-19 pandemic Colombia. Methods Cross-sectional study applies an online questionnaire January-February 2021 Colombi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether occupational therapy focused specifically on personal activities of daily living improves recovery for patients after stroke. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES The Cochrane stroke group trials register, the Cochrane central register of controlled trials, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycLIT, AMED, Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts, Science Ci...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effectiveness of a long established intervention, occupational therapy for people with psychotic conditions, and to inform future research designs. DESIGN A pilot randomized controlled trial. SETTING Two community mental health teams in a UK city. PARTICIPANTS Forty-four adults with schizophrenia or other psychotic conditions, and functional problems. INTER...