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Differential functional diagnosis, the indication of fixed backrest and it's effect on the prevention of pressure ulcers in patients after spinal cord injury
Benešová, Barbora ; Svěcená, Kateřina (advisor) ; Sládková, Petra (referee)
This study aims to evaluate the importance of proper back support for patients with spinal damage after long-term sitting in a mechanical wheelchair. The subject of this thesis was to analyze Czech and foreign literature and offer the most accurate and still missing information when selecting and compiling the selection of mechanical wheelchair seating unit. The thesis describes the differences between right and wrong sitting posture of mechanical wheelchair users. It analyzes the available information on the possibility of objective assessment, as well as trying to justify the importance of the support of the trunk on the resulting stability and functionality during activities of daily living. It refers to the most common secondary changes and their chaining caused by poor sitting posture. A subjective evaluation of the comfort of users sitting in mechanical wheelchairs in the form of a questionnaire was chosen to assess the urgency of the theme. The research carried out confirmed the hypotheses of clinical practice, which are included in the work. Based on the collected information, this work may allow occupational therapists, physiotherapists and doctors to more easily determine in a broader context whether an indication of the fixed backrest is appropriate and desirable (required) when dealing...
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Prevocational rehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury from the point of view of occupational therapist
Beerová, Michala ; Svěcená, Kateřina (advisor) ; Svobodová, Tereza (referee)
OF THE BACHELOR THESIS Author: Mgr. Michala Beerová Supervisor: Mgr. Kateřina Svěcená, Ph.D. Topic: Prevocational rehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury from the point of view of occupational therapist The thesis describes the current work rehabilitation and prevocational rehabilitation process in the Czech Republic and in the developed countries abroad. The theoretical part summarizes approaches toward the work rehabilitation and key findings from the vocational rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury in developed countries. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to ascertain the prevocational rehabilitation of patients with complete spinal cord injury and to identify appropriate methods suitable for the occupational therapists' assessment. The practical part follows the theoretical section by answering, how the current prevocational assessment looks like. It explains the process and approach toward the patients with spinal cord injury from the view of applicant and provider. Moreover, it includes the casuistry of tetraplegic patients and his prevocational assessment from the point of view of occupational therapist. Keywords: occupational therapy, prevocational rehabilitation, prevocational evaluation, work rehabilitation, functional capacity evaluation, complete spinal cord injury
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