Splinting is not unique to the domain of OT. ALL my treatment is based the the Occupational Performance Process Model. The OPPM is a 7-stage process outlining OT assessment, intervention and discharge. The first step of the process is to Name, Validate and Prioritize occupational performance deficits. Within this model, if a client does NOT have occupational performance deficits, there is NO role for OT.
Applying this model to your case yields an answer that I would refer to PT. I would only splint a patient is I could demonstrate that splinting would improve a SPECIFIC occupational deficit. If I am splinting because my primary concern is portioning, ROM, pain, etc, then I don't see how this is occupational therapy. If you believe that increasing a client's ROM will improve their occupational performance, then isn't PT doing occupational therapy if they increase a client's ROM? Within the OPPM model, if occupation is not the primary deficit, then there is NO role for OT. Keep in mind that occupational deficits certainly do result because of physical dysfunction, but focusing on the physical dysfunction instead of the occupational dysfunction is PT, not OT. Ron ================================================ On 10/3/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: DL> Ron et al., DL> OTs often get called to create splints for orthopedic patients and not DL> for any specific occupational deficit. Would you also refer these DL> patients to PT? Would you do only occupational splinting? DL> Just curious, DL> ------------------------ DL> Dana Levinson, PhD DL> Project Manager DL> Rehab Science, Inc. DL> http://www.rehabscience.com DL> [EMAIL PROTECTED] DL> *********��*********** DL> Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] DL> In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist DL> ** List messages are archived at: DL> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] DL> *********��*********** *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
