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Studies have shown that patients restricted to one-handed use due to trauma or
surgery often have difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs).
In order to
assess hand therapists' perspectives and practices regarding ADL assessment and
intervention, a 21-item survey was e-mailed to members of the American Society of
Hand Therapists (ASHT).
Results of the survey indicate that the majority of hand
therapists surveyed (97.5%) feel that ADL performance is an important part of
hand therapy practice and that teaching adaptive strategies is a high priority in
the early weeks of flexor tendon rehabilitation, but less than half (45.5%)
actually provide a formal assessment of ADL performance in order to discover
patients' ADL needs. Reasons for this discrepancy between beliefs and practices
are explored through participants' comments in the survey.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3b.
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