Biofeedback complements stroke patients’ rehabilitation
In this study, researchers from the University of São Paulo School of Medicine, in Brazil combined electromyographic biofeedback with occupational...
Review of occupational therapy following stroke
Occupational therapists have for many years been identified as key contributors to the rehabilitation of people with stroke. Dr. Peter...
Cost effectiveness of OT in dementia
Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands compared the cost effectiveness of community-based occupational therapy (OT) to...
Preventing Falls: What Works
That’s the title of a new CDC book, which presents “specific interventions that have rigorous scientific evidence of effectiveness” in...
Using occupational therapy to treat mild-to-moderate dementia
Occupational therapy (OT) reportedly helped a group of 135 patients with mild-to-moderate dementia (averaging 78 years old) to perform daily...