COMLEX Osteopathic Medicine

Answer - D - Occupational therapy is most useful to patients who suffer from sensory deficits. It teaches them how to enhance their quality of life by compensating for their deficits in different way. The other therapies listed have major use in sensory deficits as well, but occupational therapy has a more lasting result because it can allow a person to function with greater independence. Physical therapy would be considered most useful for motor deficits, as it can help improve range of motion and more musculoskeletal deficits.