ד"ר יעל קאופמן-כהן

Tel Aviv University                      B.O.T. - Dept. of Occupational Therapy                                   1993-1997    
 
Tel Aviv University                      M.Sc.O.T. - Dept. of Occupational Therapy                             2001-2005        
                  
Tel Aviv University                      Ph.D.- Dept. of Occupational Therapy                                      2014-2020    

2023-                    Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Binghamton, New York             Postdoctoral Fellow- School of Rehabilitation Science                      
                                                             Division of Occupational Therapy 

• Boaziz, O. & Kaufman, Y. The Influence of Wives' Support on the Recovery Process of their Spouses following Myocardial Infarction. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 6:76-95, 1997.

• Kaufman Cohen, Y. & Ratzon, N. Z. Correlation between risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders among classical musicians. Occupational medicine, 61(2):90-95, 2011.

• Avrech Bar, M., Pade, M., Jarus, T., Gat, S., Kaufman Cohen,Y., Lipskaya-Velikovsky, L. Problem-Based learning in occupational therapy curriculum – Implications and challenges. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(17):2098-2104 2018.

• Kaufman-Cohen, Y., Friedman, J., Levanon, Y., Jacobi, G., Doron, N., & Portnoy, S. Wrist Plane of Motion and Range During Daily Activities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72(6), 7206205080p1-7206205080p10.‏ 2018.

• Kaufman-Cohen, Y., Portnoy, S., Sopher, R., Mashiach, L., Baruch-Halaf, L., & Ratzon, N. Z. The correlation between upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and joint kinematics, playing habits and hand span during playing among piano students. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208788. 2018.

• Kaufman-Cohen, Y., Portnoy, S., Levanon, Y., & Friedman, J. Does Object Height Affect the Dart Throwing Motion Angle during Seated Activities of Daily Living? Journal of motor behavior, 52(4), 456-465, 2020.

• Mahpari, V., Levanon, Y., Kaufman-Cohen, Y., Zilberman, M., & Portnoy, S. Internal Mechanics of a Subject-Specific Wrist in the Sagittal versus Dart-Throwing Motion Plane in Adult and Elder Models: Finite Element Analyses. Applied Sciences, 11(11), 5275, 2021.‏

• Kaufman-Cohen, Y., Levanon, Y., Friedman, J., Yaniv, Y., & Portnoy, S. Home exercise in the dart-throwing motion plane after distal radius fractures: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Hand Therapy, 34(4), 531-538, 2021.