title: The expanding role of occupational therapy in the treatment of industrial hand injuries.
abstract: A recent survey of members of the American Society of Hand Therapists revealed an expanding role for the therapist in the treatment of industrial hand injuries. In the traditional role of treatment provider, occupational therapists are using their assessment tools and work capacity programming to aid in predicting return to work readiness. This is aimed at preventing reinjury of the present patient population. In addition to this, therapists have begun to identify relationships between specific injuries and work that produced them. This gives rise to a specified goal of preventing the injury from ever occuring. To reach this goal therapists are becoming involved in industrial settings and are working with industrial safety teams.
authors: Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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authors: Bear-Lehman
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authors: McCormick