Interventions to Improve Social Participation, Work, and Leisure Among Adults Poststroke: A Systematic Review

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Occupational therapy interventions may improve work, leisure, and social participation outcomes poststroke, with the strongest evidence existing for client education, upper extremity training, and cognitive training for improving social participation. What This Article Adds: Occupational therapy practitioners may use the available literature along with clinical reasoning to improve work, leisure, and social participation outcomes among clients poststroke. Additional research is required to build stronger evidence to support clinical decision making in stroke rehabilitation in these areas.PMID:35943845 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2022.049305
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research