Magister Scientiae - MSc (Occupational Therapy)

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    The effect of an injury prevention programme on the lower limb soft tissues in fast bowlers an intervention study
    (University of the Western Cape, 2008) Govender, Craig; Frantz, J.M.; Stretch, R.A.; Dept. of Physiotherapy; Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
    The aim of the study was to determine the effect of astatic stretching programme on injury prevention. Educational pamphlets and a static stretching regime were implemented to the experimental group.
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    I'm going back to work: perceptions and experiences of back rehabilitated clients regarding their worker roles
    (University of the Western Cape, 2004) Soeker, Shaheed; Wegner, Lisa; Pretorius, Blanche; Dept. of Occupational Therapy; Faculty of Community and Health Sciences
    Clinical research has shown that patients experience difficulty in adjusting to their pre-morbid worker roles after they have been through a back rehabilitation programme. The pressure and competitiveness of modern day society to achieve competence and to survive has proven to be stressful, both for the injured and uninjured, the unemployed and employed. Back rehabilitation and the successful return of the injured worker to the workplace have been of great interest to industry for the last decade, due to the ever-increasing support of legislature for the injured. There is a range of medical interventions available but few of these achieve successful outcomes due in part to the fact that many intervention strategies do not take the patients perspectives into consideration. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to explore back rehabilitated clients perceptions and experiences of the challenges they face in adapting to their worker roles.