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Spiritual Care in Advanced Dementia from the Perspective of Health Providers: A Qualitative Systematic Review

open access: yesOccupational Therapy International, 2021
Background. Worldwide, 47 million people suffer from dementia. Despite recognizing the importance of spirituality within dementia care, it is still unclear how this should be integrated into dementia services. Aim.
Lucía Rocío Camacho-Montaño   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors and outcomes of crossover to surgery from physical therapy for meniscal tear and osteoarthritis a randomized trial comparing physical therapy and surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) combined with physical therapy (PT) have yielded pain relief similar to that provided by PT alone in randomized trials of subjects with a degenerative meniscal tear. However, many patients randomized to
Jones, Morgan H   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Jefferson empathy scale health professions students’ version in SpanishOccupational therapy students

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2021
Background In occupational therapy, empathy is a fundamental concept and has a positive impact on health and quality of care outcomes for patients. It is a basic and essential concept that should prevail in the training of occupational therapy students ...
Sergio Serrada-Tejeda   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of simultaneous application of positional release technique and Maitland mobilization technique on sciatica: a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesBulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, 2022
Background Low back pain (LBP) associated with sciatica is considered the primary cause of seeking medical and physical therapy advice. Treating sciatica symptoms is the main goal in the physical therapy practice, and the literature supports the use of ...
Mahmoud Diab Abdelhaleem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home-based physical therapy with an interactive computer vision system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this paper, we present ExerciseCheck. ExerciseCheck is an interactive computer vision system that is sufficiently modular to work with different sources of human pose estimates, i.e., estimates from deep or traditional models that interpret RGB or ...
Betke, Margrit   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Investigating Subtypes of Motor Skills and Activities of Daily Living among Young Children with Motor Delay

open access: yesOccupational Therapy International, 2023
The purpose of this study was to classify preschool children into subtypes based on motor skills and to characterize the activities of daily living for each subtype.
Keisuke Irie   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Instrument–assisted soft tissue mobilization versus myofascial release therapy in treatment of chronic neck pain: a randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) versus myofascial release therapy (MRT) on college students with chronic mechanical neck pain (CMNP).
Fatma Shewail   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Interprofessional Consensus of Core Competencies for Prelicensure Education in Pain Management: Curriculum Application for Physical Therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Core competencies in pain management for prelicensure health professional education were recently established. These competencies represent the expectation of minimal capabilities for graduating health care students for pain management and include 4 ...
Bement, Marie K. Hoeger   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Predictors of Physical Therapy Non-Treatment Among Patients Scheduled for Treatment Two Times a Day in the Acute Hospital

open access: yes, 2017
Background and Purpose: Consistent participation in physical therapy treatment is the key to the success of any physical therapy treatment program. Scheduled therapy sessions that do not result in treatment (non-treatment) may cause longer hospital stays
Bookout, Sara, Ozaki, Kyle
core   +1 more source

A co-created intervention with care home residents and university students following a service-learning methodology to reduce sedentary behaviour: the GET READY project protocol [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: There is a growing demand for long-term care settings. Care-home residents are a vulnerable group with high levels of physical dependency and cognitive impairment.
Chastin, Sebastien   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

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