Work-related Transitions Following Hand Injury: Occupational Therapy Scoping Review.

Background.: Occupational therapists who facilitate work-related transitions after hand injury require robust evidence to inform practice.

Purpose.

Strategies occupational therapists employ to facilitate work-related transitions for persons with hand injuries: a study protocol for a scoping review.

Introduction: Hands make it possible to be employable and productive, to communicate non-verbally and to perform fine motor tasks required in day-to-day activities. Sustaining a hand injury can be detrimental to function including the ability to work. As the literature on work-related transitions is scattered across a range of journals, it is difficult to get a sense of how much literature there is, what is known and where the gaps lie.