Occupational therapy in a myelomeningocele clinic.
This article presents a definition of the child with a myelomeningocele, a description of a myelomeningocele clinic setting, an outline of the particular needs and concerns of various age groups of children with myelomeningocele, and a summary of occupational therapy's role in the clinic. This paper is an attempt to fill a gap in the literature on the occupational therapist's role in the treatment of the child with myelomeningocele.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D007223:Infant; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000628:therapy*; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D020196:Trauma, Nervous System