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occupational therapy
(redirected from Ergotherapy)

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occupational therapy

Use of activities to promote health and independence, particularly after the acute phase of illness. Such therapy is often vital for reorienting patients unable to work for long periods. Occupational therapists assess patients' abilities, tailor programs to restore physical function, and devise ways to help those with permanent limitations carry out everyday functions. See also physical medicine and rehabilitation.


occupational therapy
Med treatment of people with physical, emotional, or social problems, using purposeful activity to help them overcome or learn to deal with their problems

occupational therapy [‚ä·kyə′pā·shən·əl ′ther·ə·pē]
(medicine)
The teaching of skills or the use of selected occupations for therapeutic or rehabilitation purposes.


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