Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy in Rehabilitation of Guillain Barre Syndrome: A Case Study

Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease and first line of treatment is auto immune suppressant therapy and Occupational therapy is necessary for prevention of muscle contracture. This is a challenging syndrome which produces the symptoms of motor weakness, altered sensation and dependency in activities of daily living. Patients require intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation plan. Occupational therapist working with multidisciplinary rehabilitation team and plays an important role in maximizing the performance in activities of daily living and enhances the chances of effectiveness in upper extremities gross and fine motor work and sensory relearning. Currently, there is a very little research occupational therapy rehabilitation of GBS thus more research is required in this area.