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Theses and Dissertations (Occupational Therapy): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-10)Introduction: Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) is a novel mind-body technique, used by some healthcare practitioners to address stress, anxiety and other related problems in clients. Occupational therapists use mind-body ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Occupational therapy is an essential service in early childhood intervention but does not yet fully understand the impact of the child’s neuro-visual plasticity on function. Voluntary eye movements are part of visual ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Introduction: The prevalence of mental disorders is rising across the world and in South Africa driving the need for effective, occupation-centred practice in acute mental health care. In the acute setting, however, many ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Occupational therapists form part of the vocational rehabilitation multidisciplinary team, in returning patients back to work after any form of injury or illness. Among the services that they provide is work intervention ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Spirituality has been identified as vital to client-centred, holistic occupational therapy (OT) practice. Attending to mind, body and spirit are essential for health and wellbeing. Spiritual beliefs have a significant ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Children with profound hearing impairments are receiving cochlear implants at an increasingly younger age resulting in the need for early therapeutic support and intervention. Besides the obvious concerns regarding speech ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Teachers are usually the first persons to identify learners with occupational performance challenges that are struggling in the classroom and then recommending a referral to occupational therapy (OT). Through clinical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Introduction: Tetra-Amelia Syndrome (TAS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by the WNT3 gene mutation and a clinical presentation of an absence of all four limbs. It creates a tremendous physical limitation for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Motivation is a crucial determinant of the outcome of rehabilitation in patients following an ABI. Their level of motivation therefore requires close monitoring during assessment and treatment. Occupational therapists also ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Background: Based on latest statistics only 0.9% of the Economically Active People in South Africa are persons with disabilities. Furthermore, many of the persons with disability in South Africa are employed in sheltered ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Cerebral palsy (CP) causes complex motor and sensory impairments. The motor impairments are well documented in the literature. More recently, researchers have focused on the sensory impairments associated with CP. Sensory ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Background: Occupational therapists, as part of the multi-disciplinary psychiatric team, frequently include activity and or discussion groups in an attempt to reduce the symptoms of the MHCUs with MDD and to improve their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Teachers are often the source of referrals to Occupational Therapy in mainstream schools. The researcher wanted to determine what the Grade one teachers’ perceptions are regarding Occupational Therapy and children with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Introduction: Before 2015 the hand classification in wheelchair rugby consisted of non-sport specific tests. The hand classification was not in accordance with the classification code introduced by the International ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Flexor tendon repair of the hand and rehabilitation are frequently discussed between hand surgeons and therapists. This is mainly due to the poor outcomes commonly achieved after this type of surgery. There are many ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study intended to examine the individual effect of hippotherapy on Physiological Cost Index and school activities in adolescents with diplegia. Ten adolescents with diplegia, aged 12 to 16 years, were studied. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Interprofessional education (IPE) has been identified as a strategy to overcome some challenges healthcare is facing throughout the world. Different professionals with a variety of skills are required for comprehensive and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Purpose: The primary aim of this research study was to establish whether a relationship exists between the visual-motor integration subtest when measured with the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Community Engagement (CE) has been incorporated into tertiary education with growing emphasis. Service learning as one aspect of CE has been included in various departments at the University of Pretoria (UP) since 2005. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This study evolved because of the researcher’s need to inquire whether visualmotor integration and fine motor coordination contribute to a child’s readiness to acquire handwriting skills. As school-going age is a ...
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