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The multilingual online service for national and international issues in occupational therapy.
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"Evidence based practice encourages the integration of high quality research through clinician's clinical expertise and client's background, preferences and values."
"It should build on, and not replace, clinical judgement and experience."
(WFOT 2002)
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The goal of this website is to bring together the knowledge of clinical practice and research in occupational therapy.
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News by: MedWorm Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
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News by: WHO
16 May 2012 -- One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure – a condition that causes around half of all deaths from stroke and heart disease, according to the World health statistics 2012 report released today. One in 10 adults has diabetes. |
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News by: PubMed "Occupational Therapy"[MeSH] Author(s): Dueckers G, Guellac N, Arbogast M, Dannecker G, Foeldvari I, Frosch M, Ganser G, Heiligenhaus A, Horneff G, Illhardt A, Krauspe R, Markus B, Michels H, Schneider M, Singendonk W, Sitter H, Spamer M, Wagner N, Niehues T, Source: Klin Padiatr. 2011 Nov;223(6):386-94
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BACKGROUND: Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) has improved quality of life in children and adolescents with JIA. Standardisation of care offers the chance to improve the quality of care of those patients. New studies have been published after completion of our last treatment guideline (2007).... |
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News by: PubMed "Occupational Therapy"[MeSH] Author(s): Shih CH, Chen LC, Shih CT Source: Res Dev Disabil. 2012 Jan-Feb;33(1):39-44
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The latest researches have adopted software technology to modify the Nintendo Wii Balance Board functionality and used it to enable two people with developmental disabilities to actively perform physical activities. This study extended the latest research of the Wii Balance Board application to assess ... |
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News by: PubMed "Occupational Therapy"[MeSH] Author(s): van Wijk R, Cumming T, Churilov L, Donnan G, Bernhardt J Source: Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2012 Jan;26(1):20-6
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BACKGROUND: The optimal physical therapy dose in acute stroke care is unknown. The authors hypothesized that physical therapy would be significantly different between treatment arms in a trial of very early and frequent mobilization (VEM) and that immobility-related adverse events would be associ... |
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News by: PubMed "Occupational Therapy"[MeSH] Author(s): Howell DM, Wittman P, Bundy MB Source: J Interprof Care. 2012 Jan;26(1):49-55
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An interprofessional clinical learning experience was developed for pre-licensure occupational therapy (OT) and psychology graduate students. Students worked in interprofessional teams to plan and implement a social skills training program for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The objectives ... |
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News by: PubMed "Occupational Therapy"[MeSH] Author(s): Beck CE, Gonzales F, Sells CH, Jones C, Reer T, Zhu YY Source: US Army Med Dep J. 2012 Apr-Jun;:38-45
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Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) has gained much attention in civilian and military health care. Evidence supports its benefits with varied populations with diseases and disabilities, but no research has been done with injured or ill service members. This pretest, posttest nonrandomized control group study e... |
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News by: PubMed "Occupational Therapy"[MeSH] Author(s): Fike L, Najera C, Dougherty D Source: US Army Med Dep J. 2012 Apr-Jun;:51-4
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The first pair of US Army animal-assisted therapy (AAT) dogs deployed to Iraq in December 2007 with the 85th Medical Detachment Combat and Operational Stress Control unit. As of this writing, 6 dogs have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, offering Soldiers a small reminder of home. Army occupational therapi... |
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