| Occupational Therapy -About Occupational Therapy | Career | General Unit | ADL Unit | Hand Unit | EMG Unit | Paediatric unit |
| Occupational Therapy |
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| Occupational Therapy services at NIOH, Calcutta |
| The different units through which the services are being provided to the patients |
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| 1. General occupational therapy unit |
| The GOT unit deals with various patients with neurological, orthopedic conditions. |
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| The services provided are: |
1. Evaluation of the deficits in performance component.
2. Therapeutic interventions are aimed at improving the performance components through adjunctive, enabling activities purposeful activities and occupation. The technique
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a. Muscle strengthening and muscle reeducation.
b. Range of motion activities for joints.
c. Co-ordination training.
d. Cognitive-perceptual retraining.
e. Sensory reeducation and precautions.
f. Balance training.
g. Postural education and modification.
h. Endurance training.
i. Energy conservation and work simplification techniques.
j. Guidance for joint protection techniques
k. Cumulative trauma disorder prevention. |
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