Occupational Therapy (Therapy, Occupational)

09/01/2004 - "Community occupational therapy significantly improved personal and extended activities of daily living and leisure activity in patients with stroke. "
09/01/2007 - "We hypothesized that a brief period of occupation-focused, client-centered occupational therapy would lead to improved participation in valued activities for individuals who had experienced strokes 6 or more months previously. "
12/01/2020 - "Improving Participation After Stroke Self-Management program (IPASS) is an occupational therapy-based group intervention developed in the United States, which has been effective in improving participation outcomes.Objective"
06/10/2023 - "The aim of this scoping review was to review and assess recent studies on the efficacy of home-based occupational therapy interventions for adults post-stroke. "
01/01/2015 - "This study aims to employ random effects hurdle model for evaluating the balance improvement in stroke patients under the occupational therapy. "

09/01/2004 - "Future research in the efficacy of occupational therapy in elderly patient groups such as people with dementia is recommended. "
01/01/2021 - "An occupational therapy method, called Tailored Activity Program (TAP), was developed with the objective to treat NPS in the elderly with dementia and has been shown to be effective. "
05/01/2020 - "Occupational therapy (OT) has been effective in the management of dementia. "
02/03/2016 - "A community-based occupational therapy intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD)) was found clinically and cost effective in the Netherlands but not in Germany. "
08/01/2008 - "Occupational therapy is cost-effective for older people with dementia and their caregivers."

12/01/2013 - "We investigated the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of the combination of bihemispheric repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and intensive occupational therapy (OT) for upper limb hemiparesis in poststroke patients. "
04/01/2019 - "Effect of baseline brain activity on response to low-frequency rTMS/intensive occupational therapy in poststroke patients with upper limb hemiparesis: a near-infrared spectroscopy study."
07/01/2014 - "In this randomized controlled study of NEURO and constraint-induced movement therapy, 66 poststroke patients with upper limb hemiparesis were randomly assigned at 2:1 ratio to low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation plus occupational therapy (NEURO group) or constraint-induced movement therapy (constraint-induced movement therapy group) for 15 days. "
07/01/2014 - "The aim of this study is to conduct a randomized, multicenter, comparative study of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with intensive occupational therapy, NEURO (NovEl intervention Using Repetitive TMS and intensive Occupational therapy) versus constraint-induced movement therapy in poststroke patients with upper limb hemiparesis. "
12/01/2010 - "Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and intensive occupational therapy for poststroke patients with upper limb hemiparesis: preliminary study of a 15-day protocol."

01/01/2022 - "Compared to usual treatment, occupational therapy yielded significantly improved pain at rest (-1.4 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) -0.7, -2.0]; P < 0.001), pain following grip strength (-1.1 [-0.5, -1.7]; P = 0.001), grip strength (23.4 [95% CI 7.5, 39.3]; P = 0.004), MAP-Hand score (-0.18 [95% CI -0.09, -0.28]; P = 0.001), and QuickDASH score (-8.1 [95% CI -4.6, -11.5]; P < 0.001). "
03/01/2002 - "Occupational therapy is an effective treatment for the improvement of shoulder function, however, the occupational therapy has limited effectiveness for coping with the pain."
03/01/2002 - "The occupational therapy programs were not adequately effective for resting and motion pain, however, every patient gained independence for activities of daily living and housekeeping activities. "
01/31/2023 - "Early physiotherapy, exercise and adjunct chiropractic manipulation (for LBP), and multidisciplinary pain programs (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and psychology) (for chronic MSK pain) improved pain (standardized mean difference ranged from -0.39 to -1.34; low strength of evidence). "
12/01/2020 - "Pain coping skills training, audio recording-guided imagery scripts, video promoting self-confidence, psychological therapies by video, Reiki, music, occupational therapy with self-monitoring, education, and psychotherapy improved postoperative functional outcome. "

11/01/2020 - "Studies with a follow-up of 2 to 3 months showed that occupational therapy interventions significantly improved the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease, with a mean difference of -2.08 (95% confidence interval, -2.52 to -1.64; P < 0.00001). "
07/18/2007 - "Considering the significant methodological flaws in the studies, the small number of patients examined, and the possibility of publication bias, there is insufficient evidence to support or refute the efficacy of occupational therapy in Parkinson's disease. "
01/01/2001 - "Considering the significant methodological flaws in the studies, the small number of patients examined, and the possibility of publication bias, there is insufficient evidence to support or refute the efficacy of occupational therapy in Parkinson's disease. "
11/01/2020 - "Different occupational therapy interventions may be effective in improving the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. "
03/01/2016 - "It is unclear whether physiotherapy and occupational therapy are clinically effective and cost-effective in Parkinson disease (PD). "