Burns launched the first hospital rehabilitation program in Broward County, Fla. as a young UF grad. She’s been leading the growth and development of rehab in that area ever since. It was 1974 and Deborah (Schmucker) Burns, a brand-new UF occupational therapy graduate, had just been offered the opportunity…
A UF College of Public Health and Health Professions alumna and a team of UF occupational therapy students have set out to change this for residents in Alachua County with the establishment of the Occupational Therapy Equal Access Clinic in Gainesville.
Corey Garmon may be from Alabama, but he loves the Gators. Garmon, a U.S. Army calvary scout, was decked out in orange-and-blue when he and Capt. Erik Johnson, an occupational therapist, visited UF occupational therapy students in the College of Public Health and Health Professions in October to speak about…
Shands and UF driving rehabilitation services are moving forward together, joining forces to establish what directors say is the first program where clinical driving rehabilitation services are delivered in direct association with current research. Shands at Magnolia Parke Driving Rehabilitation Services and UF’s Institute for Mobility, Activity and Participation, or…
Patients who have had a stroke can regain walking ability through at-home strength and balance exercise provided by a physical therapist just as well as when they participate in programs that practice the actual task of walking using a treadmill and partial body weight support.
The traditional way to predict whether children can regain movement after spinal cord injuries may exclude a small subset of patients who could benefit from therapy, according to two studies presented by University of Florida researchers.
