Library Guides: Occupational Therapist Assistant & Physiotherapist Assistant: Videos

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Functional Anatomy (Video Duration 30 minutes)
Four body systems are examined—skeletal, muscular, respiratory, and circulatory—to demonstrate how our anatomy enables us to be physically active. Extensive computer graphics and sports footage provide a comprehensive overview of the subject.
The Human Body: Systems at Work Series
This series combines illustrations, animations, interviews, and real-world analogies to define and explain the major systems of the human body, with an emphasis on how they enable us to perform everyday activities and maintain good health.
The Human Body: How it Works Series
This video series covers the following topics: cells, tissue and skin; the circulatory system; digestion and nutrition; the endocrine system; human development and the reproductive system; the immune system; the nervous system; the respiratory system; and the skeletal and muscular system.
Anatomy of the Knee (Video Duration 15 minutes)
This video addresses the intricate mechanics of the knee joint’s musculature, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.
Anatomy of the Ankle and Foot (Video Duration 17 minutes)
This video of the foot and ankle, probes the deeper layers, highlighting major bones, muscles, ligaments, blood vessels, and nerves. Special attention is given to the arches and the ankle joint with respect to stability.

Treatment for Back Pain (Video Duration 27 minutes)
This video explores intensive spine rehabilitation and epidural steroid injections to relieve back pain.
Treating Osteoarthritis: Strengthening the Body (Video Duration 28 minutes)
Shows exercise can be an effective tool in managing arthritis. Joint conservation therapy and physical therapy help osteoarthritis patients by strengthening and stretching muscles around the joints.
Overcoming Problems of Locomotion (Video Duration 31 minutes)
This program looks at ways individuals with disabilities and their caregivers can overcome problems of physical mobility. The basic types of wheelchairs and devices for assisting in walking are shown and evaluated.

Brain and Nervous System: Your Information Superhighway (Video Duration 31 minutes)
This online video explores the brain and nervous system, using the analogy of computers and the Internet. Topics discussed include electrical impulses and how nerve messages travel, parts of the brain and their functions, how the brain and spinal cord are protected. the senses and diseases, drugs, and their effects on the brain and nervous system.
Exercise for Parkinson's (Video Duration 2 minutes)
A patient describes her experience with physiotherapy; swimming, walking, stationary bike, yoga, tai chi and Pilates that they are generally effective.

Mosby's Nursing Skills: Transferring and Positioning Patients (Five video series, total duration 33 minutes)
This is a Playlist of five short videos. Demonstrating the following; how to move a patient in a bed, how to position patients in bed, how to use a transfer belt to transfer a patient from a bed to a wheelchair, how to transfer a patient from a bed to a stretcher, how to use a hydraulic lift
Transfer Techniques (Video Duration 23 Minutes)
Describes basic principles for assisting individuals with disabilities to transfer from a wheelchair to another location, factors to assess before the transfer, and the essential principle of protecting the individual's dignity.
Positioning Techniques (Video Duration: 12 minutes)
This video demonstrates the skills to position those who are bedridden using assistive devices and following the principles of good body mechanic, side-lying and prone.