TY - JOUR
T1 - Equipment provision after stroke: A scoping review of the use of personal care and mobility aids in rehabilitation
T2 - A scoping review of the use of personal care and mobility AIDS in rehabilitation
AU - Boland, Pauline
AU - Levack, William
AU - Perry, Meredith
AU - Graham, Fiona
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The College of Occupational Therapists Ltd.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - Introduction The aim of this scoping review was to examine and synthesise literature on adaptive equipment use for personal care and mobility after stroke. Method We searched databases including Medline, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL and Scopus to February 2016. Two authors independently screened 789 titles, identifying 28 studies for inclusion in the review. Results Findings were grouped into four themes: (1) stroke-specific impairments and consequences for equipment use and training; (2) meaning of equipment for people with stroke; (3) cost of equipment after stroke; and (4) conflicts between equipment provision and models of stroke rehabilitation. Conclusion The wide range of impairments after stroke increases complexity of how people use equipment. Nonetheless, training needs and the relationship between social context, identity and equipment use are increasingly better understood,. The findings highlight a tension between practice that seeks to re-train function by 'normal' movement without equipment and restoration of function by using compensation strategies involving use of equipment. However, there is no evidence that compensation strategies impede recovery of physical abilities. High-quality evidence about costs of equipment after stroke, which could inform policy decisions, is urgently needed.
AB - Introduction The aim of this scoping review was to examine and synthesise literature on adaptive equipment use for personal care and mobility after stroke. Method We searched databases including Medline, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL and Scopus to February 2016. Two authors independently screened 789 titles, identifying 28 studies for inclusion in the review. Results Findings were grouped into four themes: (1) stroke-specific impairments and consequences for equipment use and training; (2) meaning of equipment for people with stroke; (3) cost of equipment after stroke; and (4) conflicts between equipment provision and models of stroke rehabilitation. Conclusion The wide range of impairments after stroke increases complexity of how people use equipment. Nonetheless, training needs and the relationship between social context, identity and equipment use are increasingly better understood,. The findings highlight a tension between practice that seeks to re-train function by 'normal' movement without equipment and restoration of function by using compensation strategies involving use of equipment. However, there is no evidence that compensation strategies impede recovery of physical abilities. High-quality evidence about costs of equipment after stroke, which could inform policy decisions, is urgently needed.
KW - Adaptive equipment
KW - assistive technology
KW - disability services
KW - stroke
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011601836&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0308022616664910
DO - 10.1177/0308022616664910
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011601836
SN - 0308-0226
VL - 80
SP - 73
EP - 88
JO - British Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - British Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 2
ER -