Letters to the editor.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
Improving handwriting through kinaesthetic sensitivity practice.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
Children in their first two years of formal education (kindergarten and year one) were assessed for handwriting performance. Those with poor handwriting were given practice on one of three tasks: kinaesthetic acuity, kinaesthetic memory and perception or a handwriting task. Both forms of kinaesthetic sensitivity practice produced significant improv...
Colloquium on Development of Occupational Therapy as an Academic Discipline through Postgraduate Education.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
"Give me a fish and I eat today: teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime". The Newcastle Programme.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
The development of a new occupational therapy course at the University of Newcastle has proved an exciting challenge to the authors. A common core year with other health professionals introduces students to the concepts of holistic health. Students develop problem solving skills and an attitude to therapy which encourages them to focus on each clie...
Isometric joystick: a study of control by adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
This research was undertaken to determine the best wheelchair driving method for clients with cerebral palsy who were experiencing difficulties using displacement joysticks. The hypothesis was that adolescents with cerebral palsy would perform better in a tracking task using an isometric joystick (which has no moving parts) than a displacement joys...
The Three 'R's'.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
A fold up walker tray.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
The Barthel Index and ADL Evaluation in Stroke Rehabilitation in Australia, Japan, the UK and the USA.
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
At present many of the activities of daily living indices used in Australia lack essential characteristics of an index yielding desirable results. This study argues that the Barthel Index as modified by Shah, Vanclay and Cooper (1989a) is robust and has the required biometric and psychometric qualities. It presents evidence in support of the use of...
