A study investigating the travel habits and preferences of older Australian adults with a falls riskAnnie McCluskey
Community Based Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney Cumberland Campus, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
Australas J Ageing 30:208-14. 2011
..To investigate the travel habits and preferences of city-dwelling older Australians with a falls risk, and factors influencing outings...
Delivering an evidence-based outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: barriers and enablers experienced by community rehabilitation teamsAnnie McCluskey
Community Based Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 10:18. 2010
..The aim of this study was to identify barriers and enablers, as perceived by allied health professionals, to delivering an evidence-based (Level 1) outdoor journey intervention for people with stroke...
Increasing delivery of an outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: A feasibility study involving five community rehabilitation teamsAnnie McCluskey
Community Based Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Implement Sci 5:59. 2010
..A secondary aim was to measure the impact of this change on client outcomes...
Australian norms for handwriting speed in healthy adults aged 60-99?yearsDonné Kelly Burger
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 58:355-63. 2011
..Updated norms are required by clinicians who measure and retrain handwriting. This study aimed to obtain and describe the range of normative scores for handwriting speed in healthy adults aged 60-99?years...
A review of factors that influence adult handwriting performanceNadege van Drempt
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 58:321-8. 2011
..However, research on the handwriting of healthy adults is difficult to find. This review aims to advance the development of evidence-informed handwriting assessment and retraining...
Survey of current pre-discharge home visiting practices of occupational therapistsNatasha A Lannin
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 58:172-7. 2011
..The aim of this study was to describe the pre-discharge home visiting practices of occupational therapy departments...
Handwriting in healthy people aged 65 years and overNadege van Drempt
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Cumberland Campus, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 58:276-86. 2011
..Handwriting is an important activity that is commonly affected by neurological and orthopaedic conditions. Handwriting research has predominantly involved children. Little is known about handwriting behaviour in healthy older adults...
The time use and activity levels of inpatients in a co-located acute and rehabilitation stroke unit: an observational studyAlison King
The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
Top Stroke Rehabil 18:654-65. 2011
..The aim of this study was to obtain baseline measures of the time use and activity levels of inpatients in that co-located acute and rehabilitation stroke unit...
Task-specific practice of dressing tasks in a hospital setting improved dressing performance post-stroke: a feasibility studyLauren Christie
Occupational Therapy Department, Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 58:364-9. 2011
..Practise of personal activities of daily living, including dressing improves outcomes for people living at home after a stroke. Less is known about dressing outcomes for hospital inpatients...
Feasibility and results of a randomised pilot-study of pre-discharge occupational therapy home visitsNatasha Anne Lannin
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, The University of Sydney, PO Box 6, Ryde, New South Wales 2112, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 7:42. 2007
..The aims of this study were to investigate the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial in a clinical setting and the effect of pre-discharge home visits on functional performance in older people undergoing rehabilitation...
OTseeker helps library and allied health professionals to find quality evidence efficientlyAnnie McCluskey
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia
Health Info Libr J 27:106-13. 2010
..This discipline-specific database contains pre-appraised information from a variety of sources and decreases the time required to locate best evidence...
The Log Handwriting Program improved children's writing legibility: a pretest-posttest studyNadine Mackay
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Occup Ther 64:30-6. 2010
..We determined the feasibility and outcomes of the Log Handwriting Program (Raynal, 1990), an 8-week training program based on task-specific practice of handwriting...
The Adapted Fresno Test of competence in evidence-based practiceAnnie McCluskey
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
J Contin Educ Health Prof 29:119-26. 2009
..This study aimed to develop and evaluate the interrater reliability, internal consistency, and responsiveness of the Adapted Fresno Test (AFT) of competence in EBP...
What people say about travelling outdoors after their stroke: a qualitative studyLara Barnsley
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 59:71-8. 2012
..Many people cannot drive or use public transport, which can restrict participation. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences and attitudes of people following stroke to travelling outdoors early after hospital discharge...
A survey of adult power wheelchair and scooter usersKara Edwards
The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol 5:411-9. 2010
..The aims of this study were to investigate the characteristics of adults who use power wheelchairs and scooters, explore the process of power-mobility provision and examine the benefits and challenges of use...