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. Perceptual dysfunction as a result of brain injury (Neistadt, 1990)
. Stroke- compensation as a result of hemiplegia (Krug & Mc Cormack, 2004)
. Arthritis (Walker and Helewan, 2004)
. Palliative care (Barwid et al. 2015)
. Neurological disorders (Foley, 2008)
Influenced by world war and advances in medical procedures.
Aims to increase function of the individual.
Encourages independence.
Does not focus on recovery but on adaption or compensatory interventions to facilitate occupational performance.
There are a variety of interventions that can be utilized within this approach.
Other professionals do use the approach.
It can be used alone or with other approaches.
What approach/approaches the therapist uses will be influenced by the clients dysfunction, aims and goals.
Early records of rehabilitation in Europe in the 18th century included balneotherapy and orthopaedics
In Great Britain severe fractures were treated within military hospitals
1919, US nurses were trained as “reconstruction aides” providing physical rehabilitation services in several army hospitals
Artificial limb centres and head injury rehabilitation centres were established
In Switzerland 1780 the first orthopaedic institute was formed caring and educating disabled children
In 1944 the Stoke Mandeville spinal injury centre opened
In the UK, US and the Soviet Union, brain injury specialist services were set up to provide rehabilitation
Korean War and the war in Croatia lead to greater need upon rehabilitation services, resulting in community based services.
Early European prosthetic fittings lead to improved outcomes in terms of patient mobility, self-care and avoidance of “stump oedema”
Survival rates improved with the development in medical practices and also through more complex rehabilitation processes, concepts such as “cineplasty”
The Functional Rehabilitation Approach
The latest occupational therapy interventions, following amputation, involve encouragement of patient mobility, transfers and exercises (National Health Services 2014)
Advanced progress and application of the approach can be seen at the military rehabilitation centre, Headley Court