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ergotherapy
[ur′gōther′əpē] Etymology: Gk, ergon, work, therapeia, treatment the use of physical activity and exercise in the treatment of disease. By extension the therapy includes any procedure that increases the blood supply to a diseased or injured part, such as massage or various types of hot baths. ergotherapeutic, adj. ergotherapy [er″go-ther´ah-pe] treatment of disease by physical effort.
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No references found | At the Dakar centre the mood is upbeat as a gaggle of teenagers -- all of whom have lost senses in at least one limb -- press cushions as part of therapy and try out ergotherapy, a practice using work activities to retrain parts of the body. Erika Huber, head of the Physical- and Ergotherapy Department at the University of Zurich's Rheumatology Clinic and Institute of Physical Medicine, concurs with Knusel and points out there are certain benefits of balneology that are uncontested, even by empirical scientists. Laboratory, nuclear medicine, hemodynamics, X-ray, radiotherapy, electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, inhalotherapy, audiology and orthophony, physiotherapy, ergotherapy, and hemodialysis were aggregated using a Fisher index. |
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