The effectiveness of the bobath concept in stroke rehabilitation what is the evidence?

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kollen, Boudewijn J ^a,l   Lennon, Sheila ^b   Lyons, Bernadette ^b,c   Wheatley Smith, Laura ^d   Scheper, Mark ^e   Buurke, Jaap H ^f   Halfens, Jos ^g   Geurts, Alexander C H ^h,i   Kwakkel, Gert ^e,j,k  

^a Isala Klinieken   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^g Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Department of Rehabilitation ^*  (Netherlands)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^l ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Bobath; Cerebrovascular disorders; Neurodevelopmental treatment; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARM; BOBATH CONCEPT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LEG; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SITTING; STANDING; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CONVALESCENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 65249097158     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.533828     Document Type: Review

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