Rehabilitation of a subject with mental retardation – a case report

Author: 
Raulo Deepti Rajendra, Reshma Katwal, Rushali Rimal, Shivaleela B Mellegatti and Diker Dev Joshi

Introduction: Mental retardation is a permanent condition characterized by subaverage intelligence, which causes limitations in learning and adaptive functioning. Methodology: The case study was conduct on Miss. Siddilingamma during last week of February 2023 at Nachiketa Manovikasa kendra in Bangalore. The patient was treated with some exercise to improve Quality of life, eg. Therapeutic Ball exercise, Balance and coordination exercise, music and dance therapy and some Stretching. Conclusion: During the last 3 days of Physiotherapy session we had with the patient, we could see the improvement from day 1 until our last session together. She improved gradually during the course of treatment. The improvement came after positive attitude, willingness to get back to normalcy and of course with the regular Physiotherapy session.

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341-343
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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ 23956429.ijcmpr20230099
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