Enhancing Sensory Experiences for Infants Born Preterm: A Quality Improvement Project.

Objective: To enhance neonatal sensory experiences in infants born preterm: a quality improvement project.

Design: This was a time-interruption quality improvement project. The time-interruption lasted 4 weeks with an 8-week data collection period before and after.

Self-Reported Home Program Adherence by People With Aphasia: Exploring Construct Validity.

Purpose: The study purpose was to compare the practice patterns captured by self-reported logbook data and those recorded by a computerized home program application. The current study is part of a larger single-case research design study aimed at investigating the effect of logbook use on home program adherence in people with aphasia poststroke.

Method: Data from six adults with chronic aphasia with interest in improving their reading were used in this secondary analysis.

Occupational therapy practitioners' experiences with interprofessional collaborative practice.

Although occupational therapists engage as part of interprofessional healthcare teams, explicit investigation into their experiences of interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) has not been explored. This study evaluated occupational therapists in the United States experiences of IPCP with additional inquiry into which healthcare professionals occupational therapy practitioners interact with and how they engage in collaboration, during IPCP. An exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey; 142 occupational therapy practitioners responded.

Understanding Health Professionals' Experiences of Interprofessional Mentored Research During Clinical Training: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Background: Interprofessional education is recognized as an important part of the training of future health professionals. Limited investigation has been done on the experiences of students who have completed interprofessional mentored research during their clinical training.

Purpose: To explore if this experience provided meaningful training in key areas of interprofessional education.

Infant posture and caregiver-provided cognitive opportunities in typically developing infants and infants with motor delay.

Infants' developing motor skills-including mastery of new postures such as sitting and standing-affect opportunities for learning that facilitate cognitive development. But how infant posture affects caregiver behavior is largely unexplored. Moreover, we know little about effects of posture on learning opportunities in infants with motor delay.

Speech-Language Pathologists' Practice Patterns When Designing Home Practice Programs for Persons With Aphasia: A Survey.

Purpose We aimed to describe the current practices of speech-language pathologists regarding the creation and implementation of home practice programs for persons with poststroke aphasia. Method Survey participants were American Speech-Language-Hearing Association-certified speech-language pathologists, had 30% of their caseload include persons with aphasia, and had recently created at least two home programs for persons with aphasia. Respondents completed a web-based survey on home program creation, training, technology, and methods for tracking adherence with closed and open-ended questions.

Home program practices for supporting and measuring adherence in post-stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review.

Background: After stroke, individuals face a variety of impairments that impact function. Increasingly, rehabilitation for these impairments has moved into the community and home settings through the use of home programs. However, adherence to these programs is often low, limiting effectiveness.

Touchscreen tablet-based cognitive assessment versus paper-based assessments for traumatic brain injury.

Background: Electronic cognitive assessment tools present potential benefits for clinical practice; however, they warrant examination before use with clinical populations such as people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Objective: The primary study purpose was to compare results from a tablet-based, electronic cognitive assessment to two paper cognitive assessments when administered to adults with TBI. We also explored the effect of iPad comfort on performance.

A Comparison of Electronic and Paper Versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate older adults' performance on the paper and electronic Montreal Cognitive Assessment (eMoCA).

Design: Repeated measures and correlational design.

Participants: A convenience sample of 40 adults over 65 years of age living in the community.

Participants' perceptions of an aphasia-friendly occupational therapy home program.

Background: Upper extremity impairments post-stroke impact participation in valued occupations. Home programs are used to extend the frequency and amount of upper extremity practice for people post-stroke, but novel ways of increasing adherence to these programs is needed to ensure intense repetitive practice.

Objectives: The purpose of this process evaluation, was to examine the perceptions of people with aphasia as it relates to modifications to home programs that could influence participation, specifically listening to music and aphasia-friendly adaptations of written materials.

Home programs for upper extremity recovery post-stroke: a survey of occupational therapy practitioners.

Background: Upper extremity hemiparesis is an impairment post-stroke that impacts quality of life. Home programs are an intervention strategy used by many occupational therapists to support continued motor recovery post-stroke, yet little is known about how these programs are designed and implemented.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe how occupational therapy practitioners approach this task and specifically what strategies they use to support adherence and what types of technology are most commonly used.

Examining the perceived impact of an ethics workshop on interprofessional values and teamwork.

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a vital component of healthcare education yet challenges to implementation persist. This study aimed to evaluate the perceived impact of an ethics-based IPE workshop designed for professional phase healthcare students enrolled in athletic training, health management systems, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and speech-language pathology programmes at one university. A pre/post-test cohort study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the workshop on interprofessional values and teamwork.

Assessment of unilateral neglect in stroke: Simplification and structuring of test items.

Statement Of Context: Unilateral neglect is a complex impairment that is common after stroke and limits occupational performance. Sensitive assessment of unilateral neglect is critical for planning treatment and ensuring safe community discharge.

Critical Reflection On Practice: This reflection describes unexpected findings in the assessment of neglect with two individuals in the acute phase of recovery post stroke.

Validation of the Standardized Touchscreen Assessment of Cognition with neurotypical adults.

Background: Portable electronic devices are increasingly being used for clinical assessment of individuals with cognitive deficits. Prior to implementation of tablet-based assessments, comparison with other standard measures is needed.

Objective: The study purpose was to compare an iPad administered cognitive assessment known as the Standardized Touchscreen Assessment of Cognition (STAC) to the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT) and the Cognitive Assessment of Minnesota (CAM).

Understanding upper extremity home programs and the use of gaming technology for persons after stroke.

Background: Many persons post-stroke continue to have difficulty using their more involved upper extremity and home programs may be poorly adhered to limiting the amount of practice an individual receives. More information on the experience of traditional home program and the acceptability of a novel home intervention was sought.

Objective: To qualitatively describe 1) upper extremity use at home, 2) previous home exercise or activity programs, and 3) the acceptability of a novel upper extremity home program, NeuroGame Therapy (NGT), that combines surface electromyography (sEMG) biofeedback and a commercial computer game.

Preliminary investigation of an electromyography-controlled video game as a home program for persons in the chronic phase of stroke recovery.

Objective: To investigate the preliminary effectiveness of surface electromyography (sEMG) biofeedback delivered via interaction with a commercial computer game to improve motor control in chronic stroke survivors.

Design: Single-blinded, 1-group, repeated-measures design: A1, A2, B, A3 (A, assessment; B, intervention).

Setting: Laboratory and participants' homes.

Change in inpatient rehabilitation admissions for individuals with traumatic brain injury after implementation of the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of Medicare's inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) on use of inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Retrospective cohort study of patients with TBI.

Setting: One hundred twenty-three level I and II trauma centers across the U.