The Bobath Concept: Developments and Current Theoretical Underpinning

Bobath Concept: Theory and Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-22

  Raine, Sue ^a  

^a Walkergate Park for Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bobath Concept commonly used of approaches; Bobath Concept developed as a living concept; Bobath Concept developments and current theoretical underpinning; Bobath concept theory and clinical practice in neurological rehabilitation; Bobath Concept treatment 'change of functional outcome'; Constraint induced movement therapy and motor mental imagery as part of patient's home programme; Cortical representation areas modification by sensory input, experience and learning; Systems approach theory to motor control foundation for underlying principles of assessment; Systems approach to motor control current theory underpinning Bobath Concept; Upper motor neurone (UMN) syndrome dyscontrol characteristics associated with lesions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861964138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314601.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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