Rehabilitation medicine

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Chapters: Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Environmental enrichment, Stroke recovery, Telerehabilitation, McKenzie method, Sarcopenia, Speech and language pathology, Dynasplint Systems, Inc., Gait analysis, Association of Academic Physiatrists, National Rehabilitation Hospital, National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Craig Hospital, Army Wounded Warrior Program, Cognitive rehabilitation therapy, Assistive Technology Industry Association, Medicine ball, Muscle atrophy, Kinesiotherapy, Rehabilitation engineering, Activities of daily living, Assistive technology service provider, Geriatric rehabilitation, Halliwick, Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, Modified Rankin Scale, Bobath concept, American Institute for Stuttering, Home Instead Senior Care, Continuous passive motion, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, Barthel scale, Craniofacial prosthesis, Ocularist, Anaplastology, Procovery, Rehabilitation assistant, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Life Therapies, Marche a petit pas, Instruments used in physical medicine & rehabilitation, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Rehabilitation Services Administration, Brunnstrom Approach, Recuperation, Arenation, Oral myology. Excerpt: Occupational therapy promotes health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments that develop, recover, or maintain clients' activities of daily living. The therapist helps clients not only to improve their basic motor functions and reasoning abilities, but also to compensate for permanent loss of function. The ultimate goal of occupational therapy is to help clients have independent, productive, and satisfying lives. Furthermore, occupational therapists are becoming increasingly involved in addressing the impact of social, political and environmental factors that contribute to exclusion and occupational deprivation. The World Federation of Occupational Therapists provides the following definition of Occupational Therapy: "Occupational therapy is as a profession concerned with promoting health and well being through engagement in occupation." Occupational therapists use careful analysis of physical, environmental, psychosocial, mental, spiritual, political and cultural factors to identify barriers to occupation. Occupational therapy draws from the fields of medicine, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and many other disciplines in developing its knowledge base. A new discipline of occupational science has been developed to enhance the evidence base of the profession. The earliest evidence of using occupations as a method of therapy can be found in ancient times. In c. 100 BCE, Greek physician Asclepiades initiated humane treatment of patients with mental illness using therapeutic baths, massage, exercise, and music. Later, the Roman Celsus prescribed music, travel, conversation and exercise to his patients. However by medieval times the concept of humane treatment of people considered to be insane was rare, if not nonexistent. In 18th century Europe, revolutionaries suc...