Materials-Based Occupation versus Imagery-Based Occupation versus Rote Exercise: A Replication and Extension

Abstract

In this study, occupational therapy theory is supported because elderly men and women exercised the lower extremity significantly more when they interacted with a common object than when they engaged in objectless exercise or when they imagined interacting with the object. AbstractHistorically, occupational therapists have embedded exercise within occupation to enhance performance. In a recent study Lang, Nelson, and Bush (1992) compared the effects of materials-based occupation (kicking a balloon), imagery-based occupation (imagining kicking a balloon), and rote exercise on the number of exercise repetitions performed. This studyWilliam P. DeKuiper, MS, ora, is staff occupational therapist, Outpatient

Occupationally Embedded Exercise Versus Rote Exercise: A Choice Between Occupational Forms by Elderly Nursing Home Residents

“…In past re~e:1rch. the cutoff point of 25 has been an effective W;lY to exclude suhjects who were unable to partiCipate in the research in a meaningful way (DeKuiper, Nelson, & White. 1993;Yocter et al 1989) The mean Parachek scme for the::;2 suhJecr.s in the final sample was 43.9 (SD = ') 2)…”

Movement dynamics and occupational embeddedness in a grasping and placing task

“…The difference in the number of repetitions between the imagery-based condition and the rote exercise condition was not significant. DeKuiper et al (1993) replicated and extended this study to include the additional variables of distance (height of kicked balloon) and speed (faster kicks). They found that the materials-based condition elicited a greater number of repetitions than the other two conditions.…”

“…Historically, occupational therapists have proposed that 'functional tasks' are those that have meaning and purpose for the client and that the use of these functional tasks promotes health (Steinbeck, 1986;Breines, 1989;DeKuiper et al, 1993;Trombly, 1995). Nelson (1994) defined meaning as an interpretive process that an individual experiences when perceiving something in the environment.…”

Replication Research: A Purposeful Occupation Worth Repeating

“…One of the studies was reported in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (Duncombe & Howe, 1995), one was reported in the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (Delin, 1991) and two were reported in the Occupational Therapy Journal of Research (Barnes, 1989;DeKuiper, Nelson & White, 1993). One of the studies was reported in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (Duncombe & Howe, 1995), one was reported in the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (Delin, 1991) and two were reported in the Occupational Therapy Journal of Research (Barnes, 1989;DeKuiper, Nelson & White, 1993).…”