[Occupational therapy in neurology--results of 7 years' experience]

Indications, mode of referral, therapeutic methods, and documentation of the functional occupational therapy practised in the field of neurology are presented and experiences hitherto existing discussed. For many of neurological diseases, the occupational therapy may be regarded as an equivalent method to the medication and to the physiotherapeutic treatment. When carrying-out as group therapy, it is an economical way of treatment, and most of the patients take this kind of therapy in a positive manner. In addition to this, the occupational therapy renders possible that the state of the rehabilitation can be sized up.