Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

désensibilisation instrumentale et manuelle

English translation:

desensitization with instruments and by hand

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Jan 16, 2016 15:17
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French term

désensibilisation instrumentale et manuelle

French to English Medical Medical (general) Orthopaedic rehabilitation plan
This patient has undergone a shoulder replacement arthroplasty following a major accident, as well as a transmetatarsal amputation. The list of treatments in his occupational therapy sessions include:

* Un travail de recuperation des amplitudes...... etc
* Une reprise de la marche progressive
* Une désensibilisation instrumentale et manuelle au niveau de l''amputation transmetatarsienne

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desensitization with instruments and by hand

An educated guesse: They probably use hand massages, touching, acupuncture (?), etc., + various instruments to desensitize the nerve endings of the stump. Try investigating those routes.
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Instrumental and manual desensitisation

J'ai osé proposer une traduction litérale car le mot" desensitization" existe en jargon médical anglais.
http://www.oandp.org/olc/lessons/html/SSC_02/09ampspec.asp?f...
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