OT-RehabEd-The Braden Scale

Friday, August 25, 2023, 1:00 PM - Sunday, May 18, 2025, 11:00 PM

This course is designed to better understand how the human hand is able to perform the infinite tasks it can in daily function.  To understand how to effectively plan treatment strategies for hand recovery, therapists must first understand the complexities of the anatomical and neurological structures that promote efficient hand function.  Therapists need to understand the types of common grasps and these vary throughout each grasp subtype depending on the object and purpose of the object.  Therapists need to understand the interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles, and these allow for selective flexion and extension at each joint of the hand. Therapists need to understand how the wrist supports hand function and what components of wrist stability and mobility are needed to perform functional tasks.  This course is challenging therapists to break away from common therapy putty strengthening tasks and encouraging using daily objects in treatment sessions to better drive neurological recovery of the hand.      

Labs will teach how to analyze/assess a patient in efficient hand movement and grasping strategies.  Therapists will analyze how the arches of the hand and balance of forces are performed to hold various functional items and where stability and mobility are needed to complete each task.  Labs will teach how to sequence hand grasps, wrist strengthening, and improve grip stability for patients who have suffered from stroke. 

1. Demonstrate understanding of the anatomy of the wrist, hand and fingers and how the wrist and hand interact together to perform functional hand movements needed for daily tasks.
2. • Demonstrate understanding of the anatomy of the wrist, hand and fingers and how the wrist and hand interact together to perform functional hand movements needed for daily tasks.
3. Learners will understand the function and limitations of the Braden Scale and AM-PAC as it relates to acute care patients receiving therapy services
4. • Demonstrate understanding of how object dependent hand use affects functional grasp shaping and strategies of hand use.
5. Demonstrate understanding of how object dependent hand use affects functional grasp shaping and strategies of hand use.
6. Learners will be able to describe the relationship between the Braden Scale and AM-PAC and the implications on resource prioritization
7. Demonstrate understanding of the arches of the hand and how weakness in these arches affects the ability to utilize functional hand movement and selective grasps.
8. • Demonstrates understanding of the arches of the hand and how weakness in these arches affects the ability to utilize functional hand movement and selective grasps.
9. • Understands what movements are required of the thumb to complete functional hand grasps and understand how to build complexity of grip as the patient advances in skill of selective movements available.
10. Understand what movements are required of the thumb to complete functional hand grasps and understand how to build complexity of grip as the patient advances in skill of selective movements available.
11. Demonstrates understanding of how to identify maladaptive grasping patterns and can identify treatment strategies to improve grip efficiency.
12. • Demonstrates understanding of how to identify maladaptive grasping patterns and can identify treatment strategies to improve grip efficiency.
13. • Demonstrates understanding of the complex interactions of intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles and the necessary force balance between both groups for effective grasp and hand motions.
14. Demonstrates understanding of the complex interactions of intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles and the necessary force balance between both groups for effective grasp and hand motions.
15. Demonstrates common grasp types and how arch formation and muscle balance helps achieve functional success in these grasp types.
16. • Demonstrates common grasp types and how arch formation and muscle balance helps achieve functional success in these grasp types.
17. Demonstrates common grasp compensations seen in stroke patients.
18. • Demonstrates common grasp compensations seen in stroke patients.
19. Learners will understand the steps to initiate research through RMH

Approval pending for 2 CEU by the Ohio OTPTAT Board - OT Section

Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board - OT Section (0.50 hours)