Functional mobility is movement from one place to another for ADLs/IADLs, as I
understand it.
Gait training is watching a patient walk and critiqueing problems with their
gait.
Audra Ray
--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com> wrote:
From: Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com>
Subject: Re: [OTlist] Fn. Mobility ~vs~ Gait Training
To: "Audra Ray" <OTlist@OTnow.com>
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 4:46 AM
What is the difference between "functional mobility" and
"gait
training"? Is their a definitive "line" between the two?
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AR> If this is an activity that is important to the patient and they
AR> want to engage in, then it is OT. Transfers and functional
AR> mobility is within the domain of OT practice.
AR> Audra Ray
AR> --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com> wrote:
AR> From: Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com>
AR> Subject: [OTlist] Fn. Mobility ~vs~ Gait Training
AR> To: OTlist@OTnow.com
AR> Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 4:36 PM
AR> If an OT facilitates a non-ambulatory patient to transfer to/from her
AR> toilet using a walker is this PT?
AR> If an OT facilitates a patient to walk from their w/c to the toildet,
AR> is this PT?
AR> Thanks,
AR> Ron
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