Sensorimotor integration for functional recovery and the Bobath approach

Motor Control

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-301

  Levin, Mindy F ^a   Panturin, Elia ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c IBITA (International Bobath Instructor Training Association)   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bobath concept; Motor control theory; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BOBATH THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DEAFFERENTATION; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 79957663317     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.15.2.285     Document Type: Review

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