compensatory strategy
C1CEFR level
72/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
An alternative way of performing a task that a patient adopts to work around a physical impairment.
Until his shoulder recovered we taught a compensatory strategy for dressing, starting with the affected arm first.
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