Lou Gehrig (ALS) Laborde's Case Study

Lou Gehrig's name is commonly associated with ALS. He was one of the first famous celebrities to have ALS. He first noticed the disease when he started dropping items more frequently than he used to.  In addition, his batting average went down a lot within a short period of time which is when his team started to realize that something was wrong. The role of OT with Lou Gehrig would be to maintain his functional performance as much as possible and to offer him adaptive equipment so that he can complete ADL's and IADL's. In addition OT's would work on ROM and strength so that he could play baseball as long as possible, since that  is something that he loves to do.

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