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This week on the OT Potential Podcast, we are looking at a very timely and important issue: OT's role in pain management, specifically with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.As the article itself states, OT's role is ESSENTIAL in providing treatment and functional recovery for these patients.I hope this review makes you feel confident in the care you can provide to CRPS patients.To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club, your online occupational therapy journal club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code for a discount on MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. If you are looking for a group discount on a MedBridge subscription for your business/clinic, check out the Enterprise Solution! Support the show

This week's article is technically about analyzing the cost of different lumbar fusion techniques.But, in actuality, it is about so much more than that.At the end of the day, this article illuminates the problems of the fee-per-service and of the lack of transparency regarding healthcare costs. And, these are issues that we are facing in almost all OT settings.Here's the article:  A perioperative cost analysis comparing single-level minimally invasive and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (Another great way to support our podcast is to use our MedBridge promo code!) Support the show

Is my OT care helping my patients?That is one of the primary questions we all want answers to in our work. And, biomarkers represent a new frontier in helping us answer this question.In this week's OT Potential Potential article review, we will look at how biomarkers can be used in stroke rehab and take a high-level look at this medical trend that we should all be following. Here's the article we'll review: Connectivity measures are robust biomarkers of cortical function and plasticity after stroke. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge (works for OT, PT, and SLP!). Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. If you are looking for a group discount on a MedBridge subscription for your business/clinic, check out the Enterprise Solution! Support the show

If your caseload contains patients with Parkinson's Disease, you'll definitely want to listen in to this episode, which summarizes the article "Rehabilitation for Parkinson's disease: Current outlook and future challenges."(Another great way to support our podcast is to use our MedBridge promo code!) Support the show

In this episode of the OT Potential Podcast, we review the article  A task-specific interactive game-based virtual reality rehabilitation system for patients with stroke: A usability test and two clinical experiments. To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. If you are looking for a group discount on MedBridge for your business/clinic, check out the Enterprise Solution! Support the show

In this episode of the OT Potential Podcast, we look at the article Screening for autism spectrum disorder in young children: US preventive services task force recommendation statement.To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. If you are looking for a group discount on MedBridge for your business/clinic, check out the Enterprise Solution!  Support the show

In the 13th episode of the OT Potential Podcast, we look at the 2016 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis. To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. If you are looking for a group discount on MedBridge for your business/clinic, check out the Enterprise Solution! Support the show

In the 12th episode of the OT Potential Podcast, we review the article Feasibility of articulated arm mounted oculus rift virtual reality goggles for adjunctive pain control during OT in pediatric burn patients. This is a great listen for any occupational therapy practitioners who are interested in pain management and/or rehab technology. To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. Support the show

The 11th episode of the OT Potential Podcast features a review of the article, Universal newborn screening for congenital CMV infection: What is the evidence of potential benefit? This is an important topic not only for NICU and pediatric OTs, but CMV infection is important for all practicing occupational therapy practitioners to have on their radar. To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. Support the show

In the 10th Episode of the OT Potential Podcast, I teamed up with pediatric therapist, Katie Caspero, MS, OTR/L to discuss the journal article, A critical review of research on the ALERT Program®. To discuss the article further, you can sign up for The OT Potential Club. To further support the OT Potential Podcast, please consider using our promo code when you purchase MedBridge. Students can use our MedBridge Student Discount. Support the show