Occupations, Activities, and Preparatory Activities

Flashcards based on lecture notes about occupations, activities, and preparatory activities in occupational therapy.

Occupations

Purposeful activities that contribute to an organism's health and well-being.

Occupational Performance

The interplay between Person, Environment, and Occupation.

Occupational Therapy Intervention Methods

Methods used in occupational therapy intervention including occupational analysis, activity analysis, and synthesis.

Adapting Activity

Adapting an activity to allow for compensation.

Grading Occupations

Grading occupations for remediation.

PAMs

Physical Agent Modalities

Occupation and Health

Activities that naturally engage someone and contribute to health and well-being.

Activity Analysis

Ongoing process of analyzing activities for therapeutic purposes.

Activity Adaptation and Grading

Adapting and grading activities to meet client needs.

Physical Skills

Physical capabilities including strength, ROM, endurance, and coordination.

Cognitive and Social Skills

Cognitive and social capabilities important for occupational performance

Simulated Activities

Activities that simulate real tasks when the exact task cannot be performed.

Enabling Activities

Activities used when you cannot meet the exact need of the client

Non-purposeful Activities

Non-purposeful activities that practice specific motor patterns.

Adjunctive Modalities

Modalities used as a preliminary step toward purposeful activity.

Therapeutic Exercises/Activities Purposes

Develop awareness of normal movement patterns, improve coordination and increase power.

Indications for Therapeutic Exercises

Orthopedic injuries or lower motor neuron disorders.

Contraindications for Therapeutic Exercises

Inflamed joints, recent surgery, and permanent contractures.

MM Strengthening

Active, and resistive isotonic and isometric exercises used to increase it.

MM Endurance

The mm ability to work for prolonged periods and resist fatigue.

Physical conditioning and Cardiovascular fitness

Using large mm groups in sustained rhythmic aerobic exercise or activity.

ROM and Joint flexibility

Achieved through Active and Passive Ex

Coordination and neuromuscular control

Involve Engrams

Types of mm contractions

Isometric or static, Isotonic or concentric, Eccentric

Isotonic resistive ex

Uses isotonic mm contraction against a specific amount of weight to move the load through a certain ROM.