AREAS OF PRACTICE
Typically concerned with treating orthopedic-based upper extremity conditions to optimize the functional use of the hand and arms.
What is Hand Therapy?
Activities oriented towards taking care of ones own body and completed on a routine basis.
What are ADLs?
A planned interaction with another person in order to alleviate fear, anxiety, and provide reassurance in order to effectively assist the other person.
What is Therapeutic Use of Self?
Safe and efficient transfer techniques required to safely assist an individual.
What is Body Mechanics?
The best thing ever!!!!
What is Occupational Therapy?
An institution in which a client receives nursing and other healthcare services while staying overnight.
What are Inpatient Settings?
Activities to support daily life within the home and community.
What are IADLs ?
Practice founded on research that supports its effectiveness.
What is Evidence Based Practice?
Body surfaces where center of gravity is maintained.
What is Base of Support?
When the joint is moved by an outside force, such as a therapist.
What is Passive Range of Motion?
A therapist has access to clients' natural environments, services provided foster engagement in occupations in clients' natural environment.
What are Community Based Settings?
Activities related to developing, managing, and maintain health and wellness routines, with the goal of improving or maintaining level of participation in other occupations.
What is Health Management?
Issues regulations to protect employees of healthcare facilities.
What is OSHA?
Treatments used to improve walking and correct deviations from normal gait.
What is Gait Training?
When the joint is moved by the muscles that act on the joint.
In hospitals and free standing clinics for patients who are medically stable and able to tolerate a few hours of therapy.
What are Outpatient Settings?
Activities that are intrinsically motivated, internally controlled, and freely chosen; may include exploration, humor, risk-taking, celebrations, etc.
What is Play?
Approach to service that incorporates respect for in partnership with clients as active participances in the therapy process. Emphasizes clients' knowledge, experience, strength, capacity for choice, and overall autonomy.
What is Client-Centered Approach?
Ability to maintain functional posture through motor actions that distribute weight evenly.
What is Balance?
Devices used to allow performance of a functional task.
What are Adaptive Equipment?
Refers to the application of theory of OT practice?
What is Model of Practice?
Activities that involve social interaction with others including family, friends, peers, and community members. Supports social interdependence.
What is Social Participation?
Documentation divided into four categories used to validate interventions.
What is SOAP note?
Functional movements between a client that needs assistance and an OTA to move them from one place to another.
What are Transfers?
The acquisition and modification of learned movement patterns overtime.
What is Motor Learning?