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Making homes low-vision friendly
Washington University program helps people cope with low vision
Dec. 1,
2008 --
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| Consuelo Washington, left, gets help labeling her microwave from occupational therapist Monica Perlmutter. |
Making sense of all the buttons on microwaves, dishwashers and coffee makers is hard enough when you can see them. For people with impaired vision, the gadgets can become more barrier than convenience. A program sponsored by Washington University helps people with poor eyesight maintain their independence by modifying their homes to make them more useful and safe.
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Beijing bound
Kerri Morgan to compete in Paralympic Games
Aug. 27,
2008 -- Although relatively new to wheelchair sprinting, Washington University instructor Kerri Morgan will be in Beijing starting Sept. 6 for the 13th Paralympic Games.
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Developing careers
Grant establishes interdisciplinary training program for physical, occupational therapists
Sept. 24,
2007 -- The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $4.6 million grant to establish an interdisciplinary career development training program for physical and occupational therapists. The grant is from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Murderball
WUSM occupational therapist battles through adversity and fellow athletes
Jan. 8,
2007 --
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| Photo by Jennifer Silverberg, Riverfront Times |
The sport of "murderball" — brought to national attention in 2005 by the documentary of the same name — is not quite as heinous as it sounds. It's no wheelchair ride through the park, either. Often resulting in a mangled mess of wheelchair parts, quadriplegic rugby is generally played indoors with rules akin to traditional rugby. WUSM occupational therapist Kerri Morgan is an avid participant in the sport and is working diligently to tryout for the U.S. Paralympic Team — a team dominated by male athletes.
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El Hombre vs. The Babe
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols gets Babe Ruth test at Washington University
Aug. 22,
2006 --
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| Daniel Stier / GQ, September 2006 |
| El Hombre vs. The Babe |
Baseball purists, especially those of Yankee allegiance, might argue that St. Louis Cardinals homerun-hitting superstar Albert Pujols is simply not in the same league as legendary New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth. Science may never settle that argument, but researchers at Washington University in St. Louis can offer some sense of how Pujols stacks up to the Babe in terms of skills necessary to hit the long ball. Pujols visited WUSTL to take part in a series of lab tests similar to those conducted on Ruth in 1921.
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Seeing safely
Program helps older adults with low vision live independently
Nov. 9,
2005 --
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| Perlmutter (left) checks the lighting at a work area of client Gay Hirsch, who has low vision. |
Monica Perlmutter is taking her "show on the road" to help older adults with low vision live independently in their homes. Nearly 4 million adults age 65 and older have visual impairment severe enough to interfere with daily activities. Macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inoperable cataracts and glaucoma are leading causes of low vision.
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More than memories
Azheimer's disease onset tied to lapses in attention, study suggests
Nov. 2,
2005 --
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| Tasks requiring shifting of attention, like driving a car while conversing with a passenger, may be challenging for people in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease. |
People in early stages of Alzheimer's disease have greater difficulty shifting attention back and forth between competing sources of information, a finding that offers new support for theories that contend breakdowns in attention play an important role in onset of the disease. Published in a recent issue of the journal Neuropsychology, the study suggests that subtle breakdowns in attention may offer one of the earliest reliable clues that a patient is grappling with early symptoms of Alzheimer's-related dementia.
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Prominent students
Occupational therapy students elected to national positions in AOTA
July 6,
2005 --
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Two students at the School of Medicine have been elected to prominent offices on the Assembly of Student Delegates Steering Committee of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). Kristen Lindeman was elected chairperson, and Tim Wolf was elected vice chairperson at the annual AOTA convention.
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Spatial neglect
Brain networks may be key to odd attention deficit produced by some strokes
June 9,
2005 --
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| Among the areas activated by tasks designed to stimulate voluntary attention were the intraparietal sulcus and frontal eye fields, both believed to be part of a network of neurons called the dorsal attention system. |
The first direct analysis of the interactions between two brain networks that govern visual attention may help researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis develop treatments for stroke patients with a condition known as spatial neglect. These patients have difficulty focusing on or paying attention to stimuli in the left half of their visual field. They may forget to shave the left side of their face, fail to eat food on the left side of a plate or seem to be unaware that their left arm belongs to them. However, researchers have found that if they explicitly tell these people to pay attention to their left side, for a brief time they can do so.
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'Tri'ing a little harder
Occupational therapy instructor puts her wheelchair to test in triathlon
Sept. 1,
2004 --
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Occupational Therapy Instructor Kerri Morgan and Shae Communications CEO Kevin Brown set a precedent Sept. 4 when the two compete in the Lake St. Louis Triathlon. The athletes will be the first-ever to compete in the event's newly created wheelchair division. Columnist Kathleen Nelson tells the full story in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
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