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Clinical topics
Featured clinical topics
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Women's health
Women's health is a broad topic and occupational therapy practitioners can design interventions that target participation in valued roles and the use of habits and routines. Occupational therapy practitioners can also address underlying body structures and functions to improve performance in everyday activities.
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Stroke
Occupational therapy practitioners can help people with stroke regain function and learn new ways to perform everyday activities. Occupational therapy interventions for stroke address occupational performance and participation, cognition, movement, and vision.
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Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Occupational therapy practitioners recognize that individuals, families, organizations, and populations witness and may be negatively influenced by stressful and traumatic experiences across the life course.
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Functional cognition in OT
Occupational therapy practitioners address functional cognition with clients across the lifespan to meet their goals for everyday activities.
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Mental health and well-being
Occupational therapy can help clients, groups, and communities to manage physical and mental health needs, develop healthy and effective daily routines to promote well-being, and learn and utilize strategies to navigate the stresses of life.
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Musculoskeletal conditions
Occupational therapy practitioners can help clients, groups, and communities manage conditions of the musculoskeletal system, which includes the muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, joints, and other connective tissues in the body.
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Driving & community mobility
Driving crosses all practice areas, from infants in car seats and newly licensed teens to older adults. As occupational therapy practitioners, it is important that we understand our role in driving and the impact of driving on community mobility.
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Pain management
Occupational therapy practitioners are an important part of multidisciplinary pain management programs.
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Sleep
Occupational therapy practitioners can help clients, groups, and communities to manage and develop healthy and effective routines and habits to promote sleep.
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OT in the age of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Information, guidance, and advocacy to equip OT practitioners, educators, and students to navigate complex situations related to the coronavirus pandemic.