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Rehabilitation Research - E-Book
Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Covering the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, this resource will help you analyze and apply research to practice. Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications examines traditional experimental designs as well as nonexperimental and emerging approaches,...
Stereoscopic acuity in ocular pursuit of moving objects
Dynamic stereoscopy and movement parallax: relevance to road safety and occupational medicine
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
There has been growing acceptance of the insight that the methods so far used in the testing of visual functions have been inadequate when it comes to specific problems and should, therefore, be supplemented with more specialised methods for dynamic testing. As long as two decades ago, large-scale...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
This book addresses the pulmonary and non-pulmonary manifestations related to exposure to airborne hazards after the collapse of the World Trade Center. Leading experts consider both short and long term effects on survivors, first responders, and residents of surrounding areas and offer clinical practice...
Hand and Wrist Rehabilitation
Theoretical Aspects and Practical Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
This work demonstrates that hand and wrist rehabilitation calls for precise anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological expertise, as well as mastery of manual techniques and targeted physiotherapy.
Particular attention is given to the complementarity between theoretical knowledge and practical...
Pediatric Occupational Therapy Handbook - E-Book
A Guide to Diagnoses and Evidence-Based Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
Combining essential assessment guidance with the latest evidence-based intervention strategies, this compact reference helps you quickly locate the information you need to evaluate and manage pediatric disorders. Access diagnosis-specific information on epidemiology, precautions, and more, as well...
Developing Clinical Competence
A Workbook for the OTA
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Developing Clinical Competence: A Workbook for the OTA helps occupational therapy assistant (OTA) students and novice practitioners develop the “practical” problem-solving and “real-life” skills essential for fieldwork and clinical practice. This user-friendly text helps the reader apply occupational...
by Douglas W Martin, Robert J Barth, James B Talmage
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a controversial issue in medicine. This book provides the most up to date universal review of the construct known as CRPS. The authors review the history of the diagnosis and offer an evidence based criticism regarding the development of the CRPS nomenclature. Chapters...
Job Stressors and Mental Health
A Proactive Clinical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The title of this book reflects the fundamental aim: to explore the relation between exposure to job stressors and mental health. This is done with the primary intention of developing a new clinical approach, one which takes a proactive stance, emphasizing the need for creating work conditions that...
by G. Ffrench
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
"HOLD THOU THE GOOD: DEFINE IT WELL ... " The quotation above from Tennyson, is apt when describing the purpose and achievement of this book. The author is dedicated to his subject-personal health in industry: his research covers practical experience in the U.K. and other lands. In non-technical...
Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty
Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2006
Before 1980, sick building syndrome did not exist. By the 1990s, it was among the most commonly investigated occupational health problems in the United States. Afflicted by headaches, rashes, and immune system disorders, office workers—mostly women—protested that their workplaces were filled with...
Improving Organizational Interventions For Stress and Well-Being
Addressing Process and Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. The book explores how context and process can be incorporated into program...
Time and Work, Volume 1
How time impacts individuals
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The concept of time is a crucial filter through which we understand any events or phenomena; nothing exists outside of time. It conditions not only the question of ‘when’, but also influences the ‘what, how and why’ of our ideas about management. And yet management scholars have rarely considered...
Time and Work, Volume 2
How time impacts groups, organizations and methodological choices
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The concept of time is a crucial filter through which we understand any events or phenomena; nothing exists outside of time. It conditions not only the question of ‘when’, but also influences the ‘what, how and why’of our ideas about management. And yet management scholars have rarely considered...
Burnout at Work
A psychological perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The psychological concept of burnout refers to long-term exhaustion from, and diminished interest in, the work we do. It’s a phenomenon that most of us have some understanding of, even if we haven’t always been affected directly. Many people start their working lives full of energy and enthusiasm,...