Y Jang

Occupational therapy

My colleagues and I are interested in developing evaluation tools for individuals with

moderate or severe physical disabilities, to assess their work performance and plan

their work-related treatment and training. At present, we are collecting the data

regarding the factors influencing the abilities of such individuals to perform

independently in the community or gain some form of employment. We are

standardizing the physical capacity evaluation, which we developed on the basis of

the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. We are also investigating the use of the Jacobs

Prevocational Skills Assessment, the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular

Development, and the Skills Assessment Module for evaluation of patients with

physical disabilities. Our goal is to identify correlations between the evaluation results

and the performance and treatment outcomes of people with physical disabilities.