<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Study aim: The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of a study of post-stroke gait reeducation using the Bobath neuro‑developmental treatment (NDT-Bobath) method and the traditional approach.Material and methods: The study included 30 adult patients after ischemic stroke, aged 32-82. Patients were randomly assigned to one of the treatment groups: the study group (treated with the NDT-Bobath method combined with the traditional approach, ten sessions), and a reference group (treated with the traditional method only, ten sessions). The measurements (spatio-temporal gait parameters based on 10 m walking test: gait velocity, normalized gait velocity, cadence, normalized cadence, stride length, and normalized stride length) were administered twice: on admission (before the therapy) and after the last therapy session.Results: Statistically significant and favorable changes in the gait velocity, cadence and stride length regarding their normalized values were observed. Moderate and high correlations among changes of assessed spatio-temporal gait parameters were observed in both groups.Conclusions: The NDT-Bobath method may be regarded as a more effective form of gait post-stroke rehabilitation in young adults compared to traditional rehabilitation.</abstract>

Study aim: The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of a study of post-stroke gait reeducation using the Bobath neuro‑developmental treatment (NDT-Bobath) method and the traditional approach.Material and methods: The study included 30 adult patients after ischemic stroke, aged 32-82. Patients were randomly assigned to one of the treatment groups: the study group (treated with the NDT-Bobath method combined with the traditional approach, ten sessions), and a reference group (treated with the traditional method only, ten sessions). The measurements (spatio-temporal gait parameters based on 10 m walking test: gait velocity, normalized gait velocity, cadence, normalized cadence, stride length, and normalized stride length) were administered twice: on admission (before the therapy) and after the last therapy session.Results: Statistically significant and favorable changes in the gait velocity, cadence and stride length regarding their normalized values were observed. Moderate and high correlations among changes of assessed spatio-temporal gait parameters were observed in both groups.Conclusions: The NDT-Bobath method may be regarded as a more effective form of gait post-stroke rehabilitation in young adults compared to traditional rehabilitation.

Bobath and traditional approaches in post-stroke gait rehabilitation in adults

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of a study of post-stroke gait reeducation using the Bobath neuro‑developmental treatment...

Bobath and traditional approaches in post-stroke gait rehabilitation in adults

Published Online: Mar 22, 2017

Page range: 27 - 33

Received: Dec 28, 2016

Accepted: Mar 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2017-0005

Keywords
Rehabilitation, Stroke, Gait re-education, Gait analysis, Normalized parameters of gait, NDT-Bobath

© Emilia Mikołajewska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Bobath and traditional approaches in post-stroke gait rehabilitation in adults

Published Online: Mar 22, 2017

Page range: 27 - 33

Received: Dec 28, 2016

Accepted: Mar 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2017-0005

KeywordsRehabilitation, Stroke, Gait re-education, Gait analysis, Normalized parameters of gait, NDT-Bobath

© Emilia Mikołajewska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Rehabilitation, Stroke, Gait re-education, Gait analysis, Normalized parameters of gait, NDT-Bobath