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Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist yields information about adult physical rehab

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 8th, 2006

The Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist yields information about adult physical rehabilitation.

According to a report from the United States, "Although the practice of occupational therapy is described in textbooks, research, and professional standards, a tool for outcomes research is needed. The Occupational Therapy Practice Checklist (OTPC), based on the Model of Occupational Performance, includes domains of adjunctive, enabling, purposeful, and occupational performance. Practices are also identified by phase of therapy (early, middle, late)."

"The OTPC was piloted with 40 adults in an outpatient physical rehabilitation center," said Ruth A....

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