Occupationally Embedded Exercise Versus Rote Exercise: A Choice Between Occupational Forms by Elderly Nursing Home Residents

Zimmerer-Branum, Sheri; Nelson, David L.

doi:10.5014/ajot.49.5.397

Cited by 22 publications

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“…Based on a review of kinematic studies (Lin, Tang, Chen, Wu, & Shen, 2001;Lin, Wu, & Trombly, 1998;Trombly & Wu, 1999), we believed it was important to measure functional reach during a goal-directed task instead of during a rote task where participants simply reached across a table. A goal-directed task produces a higher quality of movement and is more concrete and purposeful (Lin, Wu, & Trombly, 1998;Zimmerer-Branum & Nelson, 1995) as compared to a rote task that is more abstract and artificial (Zimmerer-Branum & Nelson). Individuals are more likely to recognize and to complete a task when it is viewed as goal directed.…”

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confidence: 98%

Effects of Positioning on Functional Reach

Amos

Brimner

Dierckman

et al. 2001

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics

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This study examined the functional reach of fifty-three elderly persons who use a wheelchair and reside in an extended care facility. Forward, right, and left functional reaches were elicited through a goal-directed activity while the participant sat in a wheelchair with a wedge cushion on a solid-seat insert and on the standard wheelchair sling seat. Participants had a statistically significant greater forward reach when using the wheelchair with a wedge cushion and solid-seat insert compared to the sling seat, but no significant differences in the right and left reaches were found. While the study inclusion criteria did not specifically select individuals with limitations in reach, this difference in forward reach, possibly due to better positioning in a wheelchair, may positively impact the functional ability of elderly persons.

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confidence: 98%

Effects of Positioning on Functional Reach

Amos

Brimner

Dierckman

et al. 2001

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics

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“…These qualitative studies broaden the quasi-experimental research on occupational meaning in older adults which examined meaning and purpose in terms of product-oriented or non product-oriented activity where meaning and purpose were determined by researchers who manipulated variables in task performance and occupational form (Hsieh, Nelson, Smith & Petersen (1996;Thibodeaux & Ludwig, 1988;Zimmerer-Branum & Nelson, 1995).…”

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How routine facilitates wellbeing in older women

Ludwig

1997

Occupation Therapy Intl

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A qualitative research design using grounded theory methodology was employed to explore how seven Caucasian women, free of major functional impairments, used Since their earliest writings occupational therapists have advocated the therapeutic benefits of routine organization of time and occupations. Habit training, activity configurations, and temporal structuring have been used to assess and treat patients' ability to manage their occupations and time in order to lead a balanced life and to adapt to daily needs and demands (Kielhofner & Burke, 1985;Meyer, 1977;Reilly, 1962Reilly, , 1966Slagle, 1922). None the less, there has been a paucity of systematic study concerning how people adaptively structure their occupations in time to influence their wellbeing.We know very little about how and why individuals place occupations in the sequentially fixed temporal patterns that constitute routines, and which

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“…Thomas (1996) found that subjects who participated in materials-based occupation performed significantly more repetitions of the required body movement, thus suggesting that if a goal is to improve strength and endurance, creating conditions that encourage many repetitions would be advantageous. Zimmerer-Branum and Nelson (1995) examined the preferences of elderly nursing home residents when presented with an occupationally embedded exercise of unilaterally dunking a small spongy ball into a basketball hoop versus a rote exercise that involved moving the arm above the head in a simulation of the dunking exercise. Results were consistent with their hypothesis that elderly nursing home residents would tend to choose the occupationally embedded exercise.…”

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confidence: 99%