Occupational Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review.

30 Oct 2009 RATIONALE: Rehabilitation clinicians need to stay current regarding best practices, especially since adherence to clinical guidelines can significantly improve patient outcomes. However, little is known about the benefits of knowledge translation ... Read more...

Observation of amounts of movement practice provided during stroke rehabilitation.

29 Sep 2009 Lang CE, MacDonald JR, Reisman DS, Boyd L, Jacobson Kimberley T, Schindler-Ivens SM, Hornby TG, Ross SA, Scheets PL. Observation of amounts of movement practice provided during stroke rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE: To investigate how much movement ... Read more...

Occupational therapy home programs for cerebral palsy: double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

19 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal was to assess the effectiveness of an occupational therapy home program (OTHP), compared with no OTHP, with respect to function and parent satisfaction with child function, participation, goal attainment, and quality of upper ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Occupational Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Commentary on "Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review". 30 Oct 2009
• Strategies for rehabilitation professionals to move evidence-based knowledge into practice: a systematic review. 30 Oct 2009
• Observation of amounts of movement practice provided during stroke rehabilitation. 29 Sep 2009
• Occupational therapy home programs for cerebral palsy: double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. 19 Sep 2009
• [Occupational therapy, a place of encounters and discovery] 30 Aug 2009
• Reliability, validity and responsiveness of a new leisure index: the Patient-Specific Leisure Scale (PSLS). 30 Aug 2009
• Generational cohort theory: have we overlooked an important aspect of the entry-level occupational therapy doctorate debate? 30 Aug 2009
• Occupational therapy for service members with mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Changing face of stroke: implications for occupational therapy practice. 30 Aug 2009
• Qualitative exploration of a client-centered, goal-directed approach to community-based occupational therapy for adults with traumatic brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of the Dynamic Interactional Model in self-care and motor intervention after traumatic brain injury: explanatory case studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Training multitasking in a virtual supermarket: a novel intervention after stroke. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of an explicit problem-solving skills training program using a metacomponential approach for outpatients with acquired brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Special issue on brain injury: traumatic brain injury and stroke. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a physiotherapy and occupational therapy intervention on mobility and activity in care home residents: a cluster randomised controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Health professionals' enactment of their accountability obligations: doing the best they can. 6 Aug 2009
• Characterizing rehabilitation services for patients with knee and hip replacement in skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. 30 Jul 2009
• Living alone and fall risk factors in community-dwelling middle age and older adults. 30 Jul 2009
• Development of a structured interview tool to help patients identify and solve rheumatic condition-related work barriers. 13 Jul 2009
• Criterion validity of a home health aide's algorithm for recommending bathroom equipment. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Occupational Therapy'

Definition: Skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. It assists in the development of skills needed for independent living.

Descriptor UI: D009788

Alternative terms: Occupational Therapy; Therapy, Occupational; Occupational Therapies; Therapies, Occupational;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; nursing; psychology; utilization;

Tree Number: E02.831.489; H02.010.500;

Technical Notes: coordinate IM with disease/ rehabil (IM) not / ther; DF: OCCUP THER