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Rehabilitation of Patients with Motor Neurone Disease — The Occupational Therapist's Role
Author(s) -
KORTMAN BRENTON
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1987.tb01581.x
Subject(s) - occupational therapy , rehabilitation , motor neurone disease , intervention (counseling) , medicine , documentation , physical therapy , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , nursing , pathology , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , computer science , programming language
The value of rehabilitation techniques and the involvement of occupational therapy with patients who have motor neurone disease has been identified by a number of authors and medical practitioners. However, little has been documented about the role of occupational therapy with motor neurone disease patients, despite the fact that the involvement of occupational therapists is often requested. In this paper, the author outlines rehabilitation approaches and techniques which may be utilised by occupational therapists. From this written documentation of the occupational therapy role, occupational therapists can evaluate and explore the effectiveness of these intervention strategies and techniques.