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Efficacy of occupational therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease - 0 views

A RCT to examine efficacy of OT with patients with Parkinson's; the study used self-perceived performance to measure functional outcomes following OT intervention and found that individualized home...

EBP occupational therapy Parkinson's

started by kobringer on 30 Nov 17 no follow-up yet

Inpatient and Parkinson's - 0 views

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shared by kelseygallimore on 06 Dec 17 - No Cached

kelseygallimore on 06 Dec 17

This article discusses evidence regarding the effectiveness of treatment for people with Parkinson's disease. The researchers focused on a multidisciplinary approach within the inpatient rehabilitation environment. The study included 68 subjects with a diagnosis of Parkinson's. Throughout their length of stay, subjects participated in a combination of OT, PT, and ST for a minimum of 3 hours per day, 5-7 days per week. Intervention focused primarily on functional training, stretching, ROM, flexibility, and strengthening exercises. Following their intense rehabilitation, significant improvements in FIM total, cognitive, and motor scores were demonstrated in 71% of the subjects.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article discusses evidence regarding the effectiveness of treatment for people with Parkinson's disease. The researchers focused on a multidisciplinary approach within the inpatient rehabilitation environment. The study included 68 subjects with a diagnosis of Parkinson's. Throughout their length of stay, subjects participated in a combination of OT, PT, and ST for a minimum of 3 hours per day, 5-7 days per week. Intervention focused primarily on functional training, stretching, ROM, flexibility, and strengthening exercises. Following their intense rehabilitation, significant improvements in FIM total, cognitive, and motor scores were demonstrated in 71% of the subjects.</div>

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The Benefits of Group Occupational Therapy for Patients With Parkinson's Disease - 0 views

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shared by werringj on 12 Aug 16 - No Cached

werringj on 12 Aug 16

This articles stands behind my feelings that group occupational therapy as effective. The article how as parkinson's disorder progresses many patients begin to lose their ability to complete their daily activities and must begin to depend on their spouse or caregivers. The article completed a trial which had an experimental and control group which were evaluated pre-treatment and post-treatment again at 6 months and 1 year after group occupational therapy. What they found was that the experimental group maintained their functional status and psychosocial well-being 1 year post therapy compared to the control group. Participants in the experimental group even showed signs of decreased bradykinesia. Overall, this article supports the use of group occupational therapy for patients living with Parkinson's. The 5 week sessions focused on general mobilization activities, a rest break with socialization, and then dexterity focus. I really enjoy how they incorporate a socialization piece because I have noticed at my facility how many patient begin to slow down their processing when communicating and this would give them the time to talk with others who also need the appropriate time to process what they want to say!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This articles stands behind my feelings that group occupational therapy as effective. The article how as parkinson's disorder progresses many patients begin to lose their ability to complete their daily activities and must begin to depend on their spouse or caregivers. The article completed a trial which had an experimental and control group which were evaluated pre-treatment and post-treatment again at 6 months and 1 year after group occupational therapy. What they found was that the experimental group maintained their functional status and psychosocial well-being 1 year post therapy compared to the control group. Participants in the experimental group even showed signs of decreased bradykinesia. Overall, this article supports the use of group occupational therapy for patients living with Parkinson's. The 5 week sessions focused on general mobilization activities, a rest break with socialization, and then dexterity focus. I really enjoy how they incorporate a socialization piece because I have noticed at my facility how many patient begin to slow down their processing when communicating and this would give them the time to talk with others who also need the appropriate time to process what they want to say!</div>

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Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease: Improving the Diagnostic Uti... - 2 views

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occupational therapy cognitive assessment

shared by jennburwell on 01 Nov 17 - No Cached

jennburwell on 01 Nov 17

The MoCA screen is commonly used for individuals with Parkinson's Disease. The current study is a follow up from an original study. Thus, the aim of this pilot study was to develop an initial version of a new scoring procedure for the MoCA which considers the subtests' power to detect cognitive symptoms in PD, and to test whether it improves the ability to discriminate PD patients without cognitive impairment from patients with MCI and PD dementia. Screening procedures have high value as a time-economic, easy to use tool for a first step in detecting cognitive impairment in clinical practice, but will unlikely outweigh the reliability and validity of a neuropsychological test battery. The sensitivity of the MoCA increased from 68.8% to 81.3% while maintaining a specificity of 75% when using the weighted measurements. This means that more cognitively impaired subjects were detected in both patient groups. Since the sensitiviy increased it greater serves the purpose of a screen, to identify patients with cognitive impairments. The authors suggest this algorithm of weighting subtests may be applicable to patients with PD and other populations as historically some subtests of the MoCA have been too simple for non-demented patients.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The MoCA screen is commonly used for individuals with Parkinson's Disease. The current study is a follow up from an original study. Thus, the aim of this pilot study was to develop an initial version of a new scoring procedure for the MoCA which considers the subtests' power to detect cognitive symptoms in PD, and to test whether it improves the ability to discriminate PD patients without cognitive impairment from patients with MCI and PD dementia. Screening procedures have high value as a time-economic, easy to use tool for a first step in detecting cognitive impairment in clinical practice, but will unlikely outweigh the reliability and validity of a neuropsychological test battery. The sensitivity of the MoCA increased from 68.8% to 81.3% while maintaining a specificity of 75% when using the weighted measurements. This means that more cognitively impaired subjects were detected in both patient groups. Since the sensitiviy increased it greater serves the purpose of a screen, to identify patients with cognitive impairments. The authors suggest this algorithm of weighting subtests may be applicable to patients with PD and other populations as historically some subtests of the MoCA have been too simple for non-demented patients.</div>

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Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy-Related Interventions fo... - 0 views

Here is another article supporting OT for patients with Parkinson's, with a focus on the fact that interventions should be individualized and client-centered. https://ajot.aota.org/Article.aspx?a...

occupational therapy EBP Parkinson's

started by kobringer on 30 Nov 17 no follow-up yet

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occupational therapy liftware Parkinson's tremors

shared by anita_casto on 05 Dec 16 - No Cached

anita_casto on 05 Dec 16

This website provides information on Liftware. We used Liftware with several veteran's at my last rotation to help control for tremors to allow them to increase their independence with feeding. Liftware provides a selection of stabilizing and leveling handles and attachments that are designed to help people with hand tremors or limited hand and arm mobility retain dignity, confidence, and independence.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This website provides information on Liftware. We used Liftware with several veteran's at my last rotation to help control for tremors to allow them to increase their independence with feeding. Liftware provides a selection of stabilizing and leveling handles and attachments that are designed to help people with hand tremors or limited hand and arm mobility retain dignity, confidence, and independence.</div>

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Rehabilitation of Patients with Parkinsonism - 1 views

http://medind.nic.in/daa/t12/i2/daat12i2p398.pdf This article provides an overview of clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease as well as various treatment approaches, including PNF patterns...

started by hauterr on 09 Nov 17 no follow-up yet

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy vs No Therapy in Mild to Moderate Parkinson Dise... - 3 views

To aim of this study was to determine the cost-effective and clinically effective nature of an OT and PT program for adults with mild to moderate Parkinson's Disease (PD). Participants with limitat...

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started by jennburwell on 10 Aug 17 no follow-up yet

Evidenced Based Practice: Inpatient Rehabilitation for Parkinson's - 2 views

This article discusses evidence regarding the effectiveness of treatment for people with Parkinson's disease. The researchers focused on a multidisciplinary approach within the inpatient rehabilita...

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started by charisseblinder on 04 Nov 15 no follow-up yet

Efficacy of occupational therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease: a randomised co... - 0 views

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474442214700559 This is paper describes a clinical trial of an occupational therapy home intervention. The authors highlight the notion that li...

started by chrisdunn17 on 08 Dec 17 no follow-up yet

The Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy-Related Treatments for Persons With Parkinson... - 0 views

http://www.marianjoylibrary.org/Residency/Focus/documents/Ref64.pdf This a comprehensive meta-analysis of OT treatments and OT related treatment interventions for patients with Parkinson's Disease.