Treatments

This is your ultimate resource for ideas on treating a variety of hand therapy patient needs. These posts will help when you want some new ideas or are looking for suggestions for your case load. Modalities, manual therapy, functional tasks and home programming are all covered in this discussion of treatment planning.
The Importance of Purposeful Activities Following Surgical Repair of a Distal RadiusFracture
By: Kelsey Melton Collis, J. M., Mayland, E. C., Wright-St Clair, V., Rashid, U., Kayes, N., & Signal, N.(2022). An evaluation of wrist and forearm movement during purposeful activities andrange of movement exercises after surgical…
Read post »Video Augmented Hand Therapy after CVA with hemiplegia.
The previous rapid review discussed the positive outcomes of video-augmented hand therapy after a CVA with hemiplegia. Please watch this vlog to discover how to make the video augmented box to make it easily integrated…
Read post »Video-augmented mirror therapy for upper extremity rehabilitation after stroke
Kim, H., Kim, J., Jo, S., Lee, K., Kim, J., & Song, C. (2023). Video augmented mirror therapy for upper extremity rehabilitation after stroke: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Neurology, 270(2), 831-842. Article Review:…
Read post »Simple but Effective Ways Hand Therapists Address Psychosocial Impacts of Upper Extremity Injuries
Although psychosocial factors are often not formally assessed during an evaluation in those with upper extremity injuries, the therapist often informally assesses these during and after treatment sessions. Sustaining an upper extremity injury can be…
Read post »Dart-throwing Angle in Hand Therapy for Scapholunate (SL) Ligament Injuries.
Does Object Height Affect the Dart Throwing Motion Angle During Seated Activities of Daily Living? Cohen, Y., Portnoy, S., Levanon, Y., Friedman, J. (2020). Does object height affect the dart throwers motion angle during seated…
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