Theresa Hartshorn Hand, MS, OTR, CHT

Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy

The Sage Colleges Theresa H Hand
45 Ferry Street
Troy, NY 12180

Member of The Sage Colleges Faculty since 1993

Office: Troy Campus, Ricketts Hall Room 308

Phone: 518/ 244-2069

Email: handt@sage.edu

Educational Background

  • Currently enrolled in Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Creighton University
  • 1997, MS, Health Services Administration, The Sage Colleges
  • 1987, BS, Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire

Current Teaching Responsibilities

  • OTH 507 - Functional Anatomy & Applied Kinesiology
  • OTH 512 - Strategies and Techniques for Adaptation
  • OTH 606 - Evaluation and Intervention: Hand and Upper Extremity
  • OTH 608 - Foundations of Physical Rehabilitation
  • OTH 636 - Clinical and Professional Reasoning

Research Interests

  • Educational strategies for occupational therapy
  • Hand therapy
  • The use of occupation

Professional Activities

  • Certified Hand Therapist 1993
  • American Society of Hand Therapists
  • American Occupational Therapy Association

Selected Scholarly Activities

Hand, T. (2007, October). Therapists perspective on Pediatric Hands. Presented at Topics in Upper Quadrant Management at Albany Memorial Hand Center Albany.

Hand, T. (2003, October). Rehabilitation of the throwing athlete after shoulder arthroscopy with stabilization. Presentation at Topics in Upper Quadrant Management at Albany Memorial Hand Center, Albany, NY.

Hand, T. (2003, September). Digital Video for the PC. Presentation at a meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, IL.

Hand, T. (2002, June). Conservative therapeutic intervention for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Presentation at the NYPTA Conference, Albany, NY.

Hand, T. (2001, October). Evaluation, assessment and treatment of the hand. Presentation at the Hand Workshop, Scotia, NY.

Hand, T. (2001, June). Physical agent modalities for occupational therapists. Presentation at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY.

Hand, T. (1999). Computer Boot Camp & Advanced Computer Boot Camp. Lab Instructor at American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Boston, 1999.

Hand, T. (1999, January, 1996, June, 1994, May). Rehabilitation of flexor tendon injuries. Presentation at the Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.

Hand, T. (1997, March). Hand therapy: Benefits, occupational and physical therapy. Presentation at Blue Shield of New York, NY.

Hand, T. (1997, April, 1996, June, 1994, May). Hand splinting. Presentation at the Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.

Uhl, R.L. & Hartshorn Hand, T. (1997). Mobilization after fractures of the hand. Operative Techniques in Orthopedics, 7 (2), 145-151.

Hand, T. (1996, March). Clinical Management of Pain. Presentation at the Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand, Philadelphia, PA.

Hand, T. (1996, May). Upper extremity cadaver review course. Presentation at Russell Sage College, Troy, NY.

Hand, T. (1996). Brachial plexus traction injuries. Paper presented at the Albany Memorial Hand Center Annual Conference, Albany, NY.

Uhl, R.L., Dubin, A., Manseau, C. and Hartshorn, T.M. (1996). Neurologic manifestations of cumulative trauma disorder. The American Journal of Orthopedics, 25 9(7), 478-480.

Hand, T. (1995). Brachial plexus traction injuries: Diagnosis and conservative management. Paper presented at the ASHT Conference, San Francisco, CA.