Validation of the Safe at Home Screening with adults who have acquired brain injury - Robnett RH, Bliss S, Buck K, Dempsey J, Gilpatric H, Michaud K.
The Safe at Home Screening (SAH) is an occupational therapy assessment tool designed to quickly assess home safety awareness and skills through the use of mock hazardous situations in a kitchen setting. The SAH has been standardized on community-dwelling a... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Occupational therapy practitioners with occupational musculoskeletal injuries: prevalence and risk factors - Alnaser MZ.
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and risk factors of occupational musculoskeletal injuries (OMIs) among occupational therapy practitioners over a 12-month period. METHOD A self-administered questionnaire mailed to 500... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Parenting and the Sensory Ecology of Child Development
When our children err, we have a responsibility to respond in a way that meets developmental need. Yet when my daughters freak out, I freak out. The more I act at the whim of my own anxiety, the less aware and responsive I am of and to my children’s needs.
As a therapist, I love to say that to the extent that I fail to go toe-to-toe with my own emotional reflexes, they will go toe-to-toe with the ones I love. Unfortunately, that statement is more descriptive than prescriptive, and I all too often play out the sequence.
Our children have basic needs such as hunger and safety, and we must meet them. Their needs are like ou...
Source: Psych Central - May 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Blake Edwards Tags: Anxiety Caregivers Children and Teens Family General Parenting Psychology Brain Nervous System Neurochemicals Neuroscience Proprioception Sense Sensory System Trauma Source Type: news
How Common Are Tremors in Childhood?
Discussion
Tremor is one of several movement disorders in childhood including tics, dystonia, chorea, myoclonus, and sterotypy. Tremors are a rhythmic oscillating involuntary movement across a joint axis. They are the result of normal or accentuated postural or muscular processes. They are categorized as follows:
Rest tremor – occurs during rest and stops with movement
Action tremor- occurs during a voluntary activity
Kinetic tremor- occurs when limb is moving
Postural tremor – occurs when the limb is stationary but held against gravity
Isometric tremor – occurs when limb is stationary but is exerting a...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 11, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Liberty Hospital opens specialty clinic in Northland
Liberty Hospital opened up a specialty clinic in Shoal Creek last week after surveying area residents about their preferred access points to physicians, CEO David Feess said.
The Northland clinic opened Friday and offers cardiology, orthopedics, dermatology and obstetrics/gynecology, with each specialty operating on a different schedule.
The facility, located in Suite 200 of the Barry Pointe building at 9151 N.E. 81st Terrace in Kansas City, was previously an occupational therapy clinic run by… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 6, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ashley Jost Source Type: news
