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Browsing Occupational Therapy by Type "Dissertation"
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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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(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, 2005-12-13)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-08-01)Please read the abstract (Summary) in the section 00front of this document
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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, 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, 2007-11-13)Objective To investigate the effect a supination splint would have on upper limb function of cerebral palsy children for six months after receiving Botox® injections. Design Ten children attending weekly therapy enrolled ...
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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, 2024-06-04)There is a scarcity in scientific research in teaching horse riding. Official methods of teaching horse riding do not include established sport science techniques of multi-modal motor learning. Riders share common rider-horse ...
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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, 2014)The first year occupational therapy students at the University of Pretoria participated in this study to determine the impact of an interactive multimedia CD ‘Basic Biomechanics for therapists’ on learning measured as ...
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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, 2022)Introduction: Upper limb amputation leads to permanent physical change, which results in various functional limitations and return-to-work challenges. To better facilitate return-to work following upper limb amputation, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Numerous occupation-based models and several authors have mentioned the importance for occupational therapists of taking into account the effect of, in particular, the individual environment on people‘s participation in ...
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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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The impact of the SEMOSTI programme on the gross motor proficiency of four-to-six-year-old children (University of Pretoria, 2012-10-11)This study investigated the impact of a sensory-motor stimulation programme, namely the SEMOSTI Programme, on the gross motor proficiency of four-to-six-year-old children. A field experiment was conducted using a ...
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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, 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, 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, 1970)This dissertation was the first in the field of Occupational Therapy to sub-classify and define Creativity under the headings Creative Ability, Creative Response, Creative Act and Creative Capacity, and the first to identify ...
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