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Effectiveness of training on the community skills of children with intellectual disabilities (2008)
Journal Article
Drysdale, J., Casey, J., & Porter-Armstrong, A. (2008). Effectiveness of training on the community skills of children with intellectual disabilities. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 15(4), 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038120802456136

Background: Children with intellectual disabilities often have difficulties in daily tasks, requiring training to increase functional independence. This study measured the effectiveness of community skills training in a telephone task and a shopping... Read More about Effectiveness of training on the community skills of children with intellectual disabilities.

Interface pressure measurements: Visual interpretation of pressure maps with MS clients (2008)
Journal Article
Stinson, M. D., Crawford, S. A., & Porter-Armstrong, A. P. (2008). Interface pressure measurements: Visual interpretation of pressure maps with MS clients. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(8), 618-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280701400409

Purpose. Pressure mapping systems provide useful information for pressure care assessment. Healthcare professionals tend to rely upon their colour-coded pressure maps to assist clinical decision-making, based on ranking these from best to worst press... Read More about Interface pressure measurements: Visual interpretation of pressure maps with MS clients.

Priorities for Occupational Therapy Research in the United Kingdom: Executive Summary of the POTTER Project (2008)
Journal Article
Bannigan, K., Boniface, G., Doherty, P., Nichol, M., Porter-Armstrong, A., & Scudds, R. (2008). Priorities for Occupational Therapy Research in the United Kingdom: Executive Summary of the POTTER Project. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(1), 13

The College of Occupational Therapists commissioned the POTTER project to inform its work and the work of its research foundation. The aim was to identify its members' views about the current national priorities for occupational therapy research in t... Read More about Priorities for Occupational Therapy Research in the United Kingdom: Executive Summary of the POTTER Project.