Adult Norms for the Box and Block Test of Manual Dexterity Tập 39 Số 6 - Trang 386-391 - 1985
Virgil Mathiowetz, Gloria Volland, Nancy Kashman, Karen C. Weber
Abstract The Box and Block Test, a test of manual dexterity, has been used by
occupational therapists and others to evaluate physically handicapped
individuals. Because the test lacked normative data for adults, the results of
the test have been interpreted subjectively. The purpose of this study was to
develop normative data for adults. Test subjects were 628 Normal adults (310
males and 318 fema... hiện toàn bộ
Participation in the Occupations of Everyday Life Tập 56 Số 6 - Trang 640-649 - 2002
Mary Law
Abstract Participation or involvement in everyday occupations is vital for all
humans. As described by the World Health Organization, participation has a
positive influence on health and well-being. The presence of disability has been
found to lead to participation that is less diverse, is located more in the
home, involves fewer social relationships, and includes less active recreation.
Occupatio... hiện toàn bộ
Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain & Process 2nd Edition Tập 62 Số 6 - Trang 625-683 - 2008
Susanne Smith Roley, Janet V DeLany, Cynthia J Barrows, Susan Brownrigg, DeLana Honaker, Deanna Iris Sava, Vibeke Talley, Kristi Voelkerding, Deborah Ann Amini, Emily Smith, Pamela Toto, Sarah King, Deborah Lieberman, Mario Baum, E. Cohen, Penelope A. Moyers, Mary Jane Youngstrom
Occupation in Lifestyle Redesign: The Well Elderly Study Occupational Therapy Program Tập 52 Số 5 - Trang 326-336 - 1998
Jeanne Jackson, Mike Carlson, Deborah Mandel, Ruth Zemke, Florence Clark
Abstract This article describes an innovative preventive occupation-al therapy
intervention for well older adults, the Well Elderly Treatment Program. In a
previously reported large-scale randomized effectiveness study, this
intervention was found to be highly successful in enhancing the physical and
mental health, occupational functioning, and life satisfaction of multicultural,
community-dwellin... hiện toàn bộ
Parent Stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Influence of Parent and Infant Characteristics Tập 58 Số 5 - Trang 509-520 - 2004
Linda Dudek-Shriber
Abstract OBJECTIVE. This study investigated the stress experienced by parents in
the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the infant and parent characteristics
that resulted in different stress responses, and the characteristics that were
predictive of stress. METHOD. The Parental Stress Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit was used to measure the stress of 162 parents. A Parent/Infant Demographic
... hiện toàn bộ
Driving Simulator Sickness: An Evidence-Based Review of the Literature Tập 65 Số 2 - Trang 179-188 - 2011
Sherrilene Classen, Megan Bewernitz, Orit Shechtman
Abstract OBJECTIVE. Guided by the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework:
Domain and Process (2nd edition; American Occupational Therapy Association,
2008), we conducted an evidence-based review on simulator sickness (SS). METHOD.
We searched Web of Science, PubMed, SafetyLit, Google Scholar, and recently
published literature. We used the American Academy of Neurology’s classification
criteria to... hiện toàn bộ
Beyond Performance: Being in Place as a Component of Occupational Therapy Tập 45 Số 3 - Trang 265-271 - 1991
Graham D. Rowles
Abstract Emphasis on knowing and doing as focal concerns of occupational therapy
has tended to overshadow being as an essential ingredient of human experience.
This article advocates greater concern with understanding our clients’ being in
place – that is, their immersion within a lifeworld that provides the culturally
defined spatiotemporal setting or horizon of their everyday lives. It is
sugges... hiện toàn bộ
Driving Evaluation Practices of Clinicians Working in the United States and Canada Tập 60 Số 4 - Trang 428-434 - 2006
Nicol Korner‐Bitensky, Jamie Bitensky, Shaul Sofer, Malcolm Man‐Son‐Hing, Isabelle Gélinas
Abstract OBJECTIVE. To determine off-road and on-road driving evaluation
practices of clinicians in the United States and Canada who assess individuals
with disabilities for fitness to drive. PARTICIPANTS. Participants were 114
clinician attendees at the 2003 annual Association of Driver Educators for the
Disabled with driving assessment experience ranging from 1 month to 25 years.
MEASURES. Infor... hiện toàn bộ