Does physiotherapy based on the Bobath concept, in conjunction with a task practice, achieve greater improvement in walking ability in people with stroke compared to physiotherapy focused on structured task practice alone? A pilot randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 903-912

  Brock, Kim ^a   Haase, Gerlinde ^b   Rothacher, Gerhard ^b   Cotton, Susan ^c  

^a St Vincent's Health   (Australia)

^b Kliniken Schmieder Gailingen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bobath concept; controlled trial; physiotherapy; randomised; rehabilitation; Stroke; walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; WALKING;

FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 80053965366     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511406557     Document Type: Article

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