Evidence-Based Interventions for Severe Impairments in
the Neurological Upper Extremity

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Neurological and functional recovery following a neurological insult vastly varies in terms of the clinical presentation and the corresponding intervention. This course covers evidence-based interventions for upper extremity conditions with significant impairments during acute to sub-acute stages of recovery. More specifically, this segment will focus mainly on interventions that address the flaccid to significantly limited motor functions.

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Salvador Bondoc

Salvador Bondoc is a tenured professor of occupational therapy and has been a faculty member of Quinnipiac University since 2006. He received his post-professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree from Creighton University in 2004. He has been a practicing occupational therapist since 1995, has held the designation of…

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Chapters & learning objectives

1. Clinical Presentations

This chapter will describe the clinical presentation from the flaccid/ “non-assistive” upper extremity to emerging motor control.

2. Interventions at Motor Recovery Levels One and Two

This chapter will identify various impairment-focused and function-based interventions appropriate for the flaccid/non-assistive upper extremity while discussing the indications and scientific and theoretical bases for specific interventions.

3. Interventions at Motor Recovery Level Three

This chapter will identify and incorporate evidence-based strategies to address the painful and subluxed shoulder, with a particular view of interventions at motor recovery Level Three.

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