Mary Vining Radomski, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Clinical Scientist, Sister Kenny Research Center, 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407; Mary. [email protected] E veryone who has tried to change their behavior can appreciate the difficulties in sustaining this effort despite their best intentions. Imagine, then, the effort required to adhere to occupational therapy recommendations after the...

Engagement, exploration, and empowerment are significant practice strategies used by occupational therapy practitioners as a means of getting to know what matters to clients and how to facilitate their participation in everyday life. Applied to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) as an organization, professional engagement, exploration of new service contexts, and empowerment o...

A systematic review of literature related to the effects of drivers' license policies and community mobility programs on older adult participation was completed as a part of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Literature Review Project. The results revealed that states can achieve a goal of reducing traffic crashes, traffic violations, and traffic-related fatalities t...

objectives: the blind and visually disabled people form a predominant group in the disabled society and hence, need greater attention. most of the rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, do not focus on this group. thus, the aim of the study is to shed light on the issue of negligent attitude of rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, toward blind a...

background: clinical reasoning is generally defined as the numerous modes of thinking that guide clinical practice but little is known about the factors affecting how occupational therapists manage the decision-making process. the aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors influencing the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists. methods: twelve occupational therapy practitio...

background & objectives : traditional bobath approach (tba) is one of the several methods using in treatment of children with cerebral palsy (cp) who referred to occupational therapy setting. in this study, the effect of tba compared with home program bobath approach (hpba), on the gross motor function (gmf) of children with cp. methods : in this clinical trial, 30 children with cp studied in t...

The association between indoor smoke exposure due to traditional baking (baking homemade bread) and anthracosis has rarely been investigated. The aim of the present study is to quantify such association among the Iranian population. A hospital based case-control study was carried out on 83 anthracotic cases and 155 controls (83 individuals with non-anthracotic pulmonary disorders from the pulmo...

1. Dept. of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Dept. of Rheumatology, Vali-asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical...

The emergence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed significant challenges in occupational therapy rehabilitation practice prior to the level contact with patients. This paper discussed inclusive design process and intervention procedure developing a home-setting products, self-occupational involved through ongoing care patients by therapists, caregivers, during this pandemic. case study ...