Occupational therapy is built on solid principles that strongly support a functional approach to measurement and intervention. We must realign our thinking to ensure that our routine actions in practice and research demonstrate our strong commitment to contextually relevant performance.

Games can offer an entertaining alternative to repetitive tasks. In this paper, we propose the use of tangible interactive games for the repetitive training of upper limbs in the therapy of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). We obtained promising results. The total of four created games succeeded in triggering all the to-be-trained movements properly and in a motivating and entertaining way. A ...

Introduction. Today Continuous Medical Education is under consideration for graduated medical students as a necessity in today's world and has had its importance about one decade in our country (IRAN) . Methods. Recognition of opinions in various occupational actions of post graduated persons is very important in attention for reevaluation the program of continuous teaching in post graduated...

Brazil is currently recognized as the 10th largest producer of castings, and the city of Cláudio, MG is known worldwide as the "Greatest foundry and metallurgical pole in Latin America", with more than 80 companies. However, this large number of enterprises and increasing investments in product development has demanded an increase in manpower and working hours of workers in the sector, proporti...

Audiometric survey and endoscopic study of the external auditory canal were performed on a group of 31 professional divers, all of whom had experienced frequent exposure to dysbaric conditions. The results are as follows. 1) Over 40% had exostosis of the external auditory canal. There was no relationship between the incidence of the exostosis and the length of their occupational career as a div...

To determine if occupational factors were associated with the outcome in workers with UEMS symptoms or disorders, we used data from the repetitive task survey performed in 1993 1994 and again in 1996 1997. The design has been described in earlier publications. , – – [8 Each worker had a standardized medical examination at baseline and again in 1996 1997. The self-administered questionnaire fill...

The etiology of carpal tunnel syndrome was studied by comparing the role of genetics, sleep position and sexual intercourse as possible causes of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. The etiologic potential of the three theories was analyzed using a modified version of the Bradford Hill criteria of causation. All three theories scored equally well according to eight of the nine Bradford Hill crit...

Europe has always played a key role in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and can be considered the cradle of Occupational Health. The European policy framework has been set since the establishment of the European Union, but its strength lies in the enactment of the Framework Directive on Occupational Health and Safety (89/391/EC), which has had a strong positive impact on the as...

BACKGROUND Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) has been listed since 2003 in the European Union's list of occupational diseases. In 2001, it took sixth place in frequency among all occupational diseases recognized in the European Union. It was not listed as an occupational disease in Germany until July 2009, when the medical expert advisory panel of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Aff...