Disease relevance of Occupational Therapy

• This article provides a meta-analysis of the current best evidence for the use of occupational therapy with clients with multiple sclerosis (MS) [1].

Psychiatry related information on Occupational Therapy

• Pacing of lifestyle, physical and/or occupational therapy, vocational guidance, psychological and sexual counseling, and social intervention are as much a part of modern management in rheumatoid arthritis as are drugs [2].
• I illustrate the theory and method by describing my experience and analysis-to-date in a study of the social organization of knowledge in mental health, day program occupational therapy in Atlantic Canada. I emphasize the research standpoint within everyday experience [3].

High impact information on Occupational Therapy

• Effects of occupational therapy home service on patients with rheumatoid arthritis [4].
• RESULTS: Patients on general medical wards received more physiotherapy on average (16.2 +/- 7.2 versus 14.3 +/- 3.2 hours; P < .05) but similar amounts of occupational therapy (9.3 +/- 2.8 versus 9.5 +/- 3.2 hours) compared with stroke unit patients [5].
• Students from Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy participated as part of their 2nd or 3rd year program [6].
• Patients in a rehabilitation hospital with MRSA colonization may receive intensive physical and occupational therapy as long as special precautions are observed to prevent MRSA spread [7].
• A double-blind trial was carried out comparing the effects of decanoates of flupenthixol and fluphenazine on the symptoms, ward behaviour and functional capacity in occupational therapy in 51 chronic schizophrenic patients [8].

Biological context of Occupational Therapy

• After physical and occupational therapy, the first invasive treatments indicated for people with spasticity included botulinum toxin injections (60%), intrathecal baclofen (26.4%), orthopedic surgery (5.6%), and medication (1.4%) [9].
• The training of nurses and supplementary health-professionals (encompassing the fields of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, radiography and dietetics) take place within the Faculty of Medicine. Schools of pharmacy and optometry will open in 1984 [10].

Associations of Occupational Therapy with chemical compounds

• A diagnosis of delayed postanoxic encephalopathy was made, and the patient responded to a trial of carbidopa and levodopa as well as redirection of her physical and occupational therapy programs [11].
• Prenatal cocaine exposure and mother-infant interaction: implications for occupational therapy intervention [12].
• A factor analysis of the inventory revealed that students chose occupational therapy as a career because they liked the salaries, nationwide job availability, regular hours, and prestige that is associated with the profession [13].
• An exploratory study was conducted at the University of New Hampshire to increase the number of school-based fieldwork opportunities for occupational therapy students and to guide the development of a model for first-time fieldwork supervisors in schools [14].
• The good responders to Ritalin appear to be the underaroused group, the same population that responds to sensory integrative occupational therapy techniques [15].

Gene context of Occupational Therapy

• The purpose of this study was to examine whether early intervention by non-pharmacologic means (occupational therapy and speech therapy) can decrease the incidence of ADHD in a group of preschool children at high risk for developing this syndrome [16].
• An evidence-based, interprofessional educational course involving first-year undergraduate students studying medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy has been piloted at the University of Liverpool. Part of the content was developed in an online format [17].
• SUBJECTS: Occupational therapy departments in 265 NHS Trust hospitals which admit acutely ill older patients [18].
• Mini-Mental State Examination, cognitive FIM instrument, and the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment: relation to functional outcome of stroke patients [19].
• Current treatment options for focal dystonia include botulinum toxin injections, anticholinergics, baclofen, benzodiazepines, and occupational therapy [20].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Occupational Therapy

• The clinic operates on a weekly basis, and is staffed by a core team including a neurologist, a liaison nurse, and the director of the ALS/MND Association. On-site and same-day physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy is available, as is pulmonary evaluation [21].
• Twenty long-term care residents from three different units (n=60) were recruited and assigned to one of three groups: a control (C) group (no intervention), an occupational therapy (OT) group (comparison group) and a music exercise group (intervention group) [22].
• Treatments may include physical and occupational therapy, oral medications, botulinum toxin and/or phenol injections, intrathecal baclofen, selective dorsal rhizotomy, and orthopedic surgery [23].

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