Occupational therapy after stroke

Cognitive Potentials after Stroke - Somatotherapy and Occupational Therapy

Background: Focal brain lesions or more small lesions due to stroke can cause measurable damage to cognitive potential. The aim of this paper is to examine the cognitive potential in people who are suffering from a stroke, according to the outcomes of tests of cognitive potential to create and implement somatotherapy and occupational therapy, and after completion of therapy final test of cognit...

Occupational therapy after stroke: a right not a privilege?

Avril Drummond1† & Lynn Legg2 †Author for correspondence 1Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, B Floor, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK Tel.: +44 115 823 0226 Fax: +44 115 823 0231 Avril.Drummond@ nottingham.ac.uk 2Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Level 3, Centre Block, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK Tel.: +44 141 211 4953 Fax: +44 141 211 4944 E-mail: step@...

Review: comprehensive occupational therapy interventions improve outcomes after stroke.

Occupational Therapy Interventions for Adults With Stroke.

Evidence Connection articles provide a clinical application of systematic reviews developed in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) Evidence-Based Practice project. The clinical condition discussed in this inaugural Evidence Connection article is adults with stroke. Findings from the systematic reviews on this topic were published in the January/February 201...

Occupational therapy: evidence-based interventions for stroke.

Persons with stroke are commonly provided rehabilitation by occupational therapists. Occupational therapy endeavors to restore the person's independence in activities of daily living, skills in functional performance, infuse evidence-based practice to assure that interventions are efficacious and cost effective. This article reviews the literature and describes a variety of evidence-based inter...