History of OT
Who is the "Mother of OT"?
Eleanor Clark Slagle
OTs help people with dressing, bathing, feeding, and other ADLs short for "activities of" this...
Daily Living
Daily Life
What is the normal range of motion for shoulder flexion?
0 - 170 degrees
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The year the role of the COTA was 1st created.
1956
OTs are expert makers & utilizers of this rigid support used to immobilize or brace a limb
Splints
What is the normal range of motion for wrist ulnar deviation?
0 - 30 degrees
A painful condition that occurs when tendons in your elbow are overloaded, usually by repetitive motions of the wrist and arm.
Lateral Epicodylitis
During WWI, these individuals were known to use arts and crafts as interventions to treat the mind and body of soldiers injured during the war.
Occupational Therapy Reconstruction Aides
Dr. Adolf Meyer developed the Big "4" of OT around the idea of needing to balance play, rest, sleep and "this 4 - letter word"
Work
What is the normal range of motion of shoulder horizontal adduction?
0 - 130 degrees
What is another name for digitus medius?
Middle Finger
Clifton Springs, NY
Mountain Climbing again thanks to OT, Aron Ralston had his survival story told in this 2010 James Franco Film
127 hours
What is the normal range of motion for should extension?
0 - 60 degrees
What is another name for digitus II Manus?
Index Finger
Who is the "Father of OT" and wrote over 120 books on occupational therapy?
William Rush Dunton, Jr.
Nearly 1/3 of OTs work with children, often on the kids cacography, bad "this skill"
Bad Handwriting
What is the normal range of motion for wrist extension?
0 - 70 degrees
What is happening June 1, 2021
Date of Mrs. Alma's retirement
Who is the Command Master Chief?
CMDCM (SS/SW/FMF) Richard E. Bolton