Occupational therapy practitioners play an important role on the interdisciplinary team by providing a comprehensive fall assessment, developing fall prevention programs, and providing discharge recommendations.doi:10.1080/07380577.2020.1815928Jewell, Vanessa D....
Physical therapy and occupational therapy consultations help the patient with muscle strengthening and balance training, e.g., with exercise regimens such as tai chi. There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers....
Care included medication adjustment, lifestyle recommendations (eg, physical activity, smoking cessation, reducing alcohol intake), and referral to other health care professionals (eg, occupational therapy, ophthalmologists).12 Inclusion Criteria Eligible participants were community-dwelling adults aged at ...
Antiviral therapy's lack of impact on the disease's natural progression notwithstanding, its application within the first 24 hours after the emergence of chickenpox in adults can effectively mitigate its occurrence.Adults are most frequently afflicted by the rare, severe condition of GBS, a sequela...
Demographic and clinical data were obtained from medical documentation (age, sex, time since the stroke, type of stroke, stroke therapy method). The following assessments were applied as baseline measures by trained occupational therapists and physiotherapists 3 days before patient discharge: Montreal ...
Falls and fear of falling among elderly persons livling in the community: Occupational therapy interventions. Am. J. Occup. Ther. 1991, 45, 119–122. [Google Scholar] Gill, T.; Williams, C.; Tinetti, M.E. Environmental hazards and the risk of nonsyncopal falls in the homes of ...
Patients9 age, gender, body mass index, occupational and educational status were recorded.Serum 25(OH)D, PTH and calcium concentrations were analized at the beginning and in the end of the study. Fall risk which was assessed by "Fall Risk Assessment Device" (Tetrax) and "Timed Up and Go"...
The purpose of the clinic is to provide a complete balance and fall risk assessment and to give the patient and his/her doctor recommendations. Design/Methodology: The interdisciplinary team consists of geriatric medicine, audiology, geriatric psychology, occupational terapy, and physical therapy and ...
There was coordination with other departmental staff (physical and occupational therapy, pharmacy, physicians, information systems, low bed equipment vendor, and clinical operations) to achieve multidisciplinary input.A 22% decrease in total fall rate and a 37% decrease in falls with injury rate were...
are stored in the Cloud for each patient. A WEB dashboard allows for tailored tests to be designed, which include the typical items within well-known fall risk evaluation tests in the literature. Such a dashboard helps therapists to evaluate each item from the analysis and observation of the...