This research addresses how the concept of social transformation is used within occupational science and occupational therapy. To investigate this, the researchers analyzed 26 articles and held dialogue groups with eight of the article authors.

Rudman, D. L., Malfitano, A. P. S., Aldrich, R., Borba, P. L. d. O., Leite Junior, J. D., Lopes, R. E., & Teachman, G. (2026). “A constellation of ideas and practices”: Social transformation as addressed in occupational science and occupational therapy. Journal of Occupational Science, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2026.2690231   Debbie Laliberte Rudman

People can experience a range of language deficits following a stroke in the right hemisphere of the brain. To summarize the existing knowledge on this topic, researchers conducted a systematic review of 55 years of research.

Blake, M. L., Ferré, P., Murray, L., Hewetson, R., Johnson, M., Durfee, A. Z., Minga, J., Sheppard, S. M., & Love, A. (2026). Understanding Right-Hemisphere Language Disorders Through a Half-Century of Research: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_ajslp-25-00294   Laura Murray

Assessing a person's functional mobility often requires tests that need special space and trained personnel, making them difficult to use for routine assessment. Researchers had 78 adults perform a 30-second foot-tapping test while wearing accelerometers to see if this movement data could predict their times on standard mobility evaluations.

Noroozi, S., Puckey, J., Weyand, S., & Jakobi, J. M. (2026). Predicting gait and timed up and go time using foot-tapping test and accelerometer. Physiological Measurement. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/ae8ca9   Jennifer Jakobi