The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy is a comprehensive guide to the theories that horticultural therapists use as a foundation for their practice and provides wide-ranging illustrative models of programming. This book aims to enhance understanding and provide in…
Pain: a textbook for health professionals
Pain: a textbook for health professionals
Pain: a textbook for health professionals
The highly anticipated new edition of Pain: a textbook for health professionals (previous subtitle a textbook for therapists) has undergone a major rewrite in order to reflect the rapid developments in the field of pain management. It highlights an effective and evidence-based m…
Pain: a textbook for health professionals
This text has undergone a major rewrite in order to reflect the rapid developments in the field of pain management. It highlights an effective and evidence-based method, providing the theoretical basis to help with the assessment and management of persistent pain, while also dis…
Neurologische Rehabilitation: Therapie und Alltag verknüpfen Das Ziel von Rehabilitation ist heute die Reintegration der Patienten in ihren Alltag. Wenn Sie an diesem Ziel mitarbeiten, sind Sie -und die Patienten selbst- mit dem Praxishandbuch Halbseitenlähmung gut beraten. Allt…
Das NEUROTRAINING, ein neuropsychologisch fundiertes, anspruchsvolles Therapieprogramm wird seit Jahren erfolgreich zur Schulung geschädigter kognitiver Fähigkeiten (z.B. Konzentration, Lernen und Gedächtnis, Raumsinn, Planung Sprache) bei Patienten nach einem Schlaganfall oder …
There is a rising presence of students with disabilities on college campuses and yet, many campuses are not architecturally equipped to accommodate students with physical disabilities or limitations. This study assesses the physical accessibility of the Russell Sage College camp…
Family-Centred Functional Therapy (FCFT) is a comprehensive approach to paediatric occupational therapy that considers and addresses the skills of the child, the requirements of functional tasks and the elements within the tasks environment, including family goals and preference…
Participation in occupation during military service can have a long-term impact on the health, well-being and successful aging of older U.S. military veterans. The aging literature has shown that older U.S. military veterans may be more resilient and aging more successfully than…
A major dilemma that is being addressed in the current project is the discrepancies between healthcare system's expectations for a rapid and successful rehabilitation process and patients after having a stroke ability to meet these expectations while striving to adapt to the cal…
Occupational therapists work in the school setting as related service providers, helping those students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) access their special education curriculum. As part of the development of the IEP process, each student is supposed to be assessed for t…
Older adults experience subtle cognitive changes that may impact their everyday activities, particularly Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL's). These cognitive deficits may affect functional cognitive abilities in older adults within clinical and community settings. B…
According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC, 2006), SCI is a nationwide issue and its annual incidence worldwide has been reported to be between 11.5 and 57.8 cases per million population. In the United States, the estimated incidence rate of new SCI …
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the military continue to be widely researched and discussed. TBI incidence has been on the rise in the military population and directly coincides with the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is estimated that 57 million individuals worldwide…