INTRODUCTION Occupational therapists play an essential role in the evaluation and treatment of children with deficits observed in everyday tasks such as writing, dressing and playing. These activities are dependent on good hand function, the components of which include the aspects of muscle strength, grips and grasps and the most complex skill, namely in-hand manipulation (IHM)1,2. IHM is the “...

introduction the goal of research is investigation on the effectiveness of holistic multi-dimensional treatment model (hmtm) in improvement of cars test indicators in children with autism spectrum disorder (asd) and it is done without pharmaceutical interventions, without names and accompanied by parental satisfaction questionnaire. materials and methods in this study with purposeful sampling m...

This study examined the relationships between the Five-Factor-Model (FFM) personality dimensions (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Openness/Autonomy), the Pavlovian temperament variables (Strength of Excitation, Strength of Inhibition, Mobility), and fatigue. We expected that all these person characteristics would be negatively associated with fatigue. In a s...

This study evaluated the comparative ability of lumbar surface EMG, behavioral observation, and a symptom checklist to correctly classify three groups of participants, (1) 18 patients with chronic low-back pain (CLBP), demonstrating excessive and/or anatomically inconsistent motor, sensory, and tenderness responses during a neurological examination, (2) 33 patients with CLBP exhibiting few or n...

INTRODUCTION While clinicians generally accept that musculoskeletal low back pain (LBP) can arise from specific tissues, it remains difficult to confirm specific sources. METHODS Based on evidence supported by diagnostic utility studies, doctors of chiropractic functioning as members of a research clinic created a diagnostic classification system, corresponding exam and checklist based on str...

Tactical personnel work in an occupation that involves tasks requiring a high level of cardiovascular fitness as well muscular strength and endurance. The aim this literature review was to identify critique studies investigating the relationship between physical fitness, quantified by assessment measures, occupational task performance. Databases were searched for relevant articles which assesse...

Abstract Objective This study aimed to explore the associations between cognitions, behaviours and affects fatigue in chronic syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), their relation reduction of after cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Methods In CFS/ME patients, 22 behaviours, cognitions affects, potentially perpetuating were registered 5 times a day using ecological momentary assessment (...

AIM To translate the Japanese Kihon Checklist (frailty index) into the Portuguese language, and to validate the use of the checklist for the assessment of the elderly Brazilian population. METHODS A semantic analysis was carried out, along with pretesting of bilingual participants. The checklist was validated against the Edmonton Frail Scale. RESULTS A total of 188 Brazilian older adults (m...

We also have made revisions to comply with MOOSE criteria for meta-analysis of observational studies. In the Supplementary Materials section, we added the MOOSE checklist as well as a spreadsheet (Forest_Notes.xls) containing the input data used in the meta-analysis and notes describing details of the individual studies (diagnostic criteria, inclusion of controls, location of the data in the or...