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BOBATH
APPROACH
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HISTORY
BERTA BOBATH KAREL BOBATH
REMEDIAL GYMNAST M.D. AND
AND PHYSICAL THERAPIST PSYCHIATRIST
MARRIAGE 1941
SIMON ELWES 1943
WESTERN CEREBRAL PALSY CENTRE 1951
THE BOBATH CENTRE 1975
IBITA 1984 & BBTA 1994
OLD CONCEPT
A concept of treatment based on the
inhibition of abnormal reflex activity
inhibition of abnormal reflex activity
and the relearning of normal movement,
the relearning of normal movement
through the facilitation and handling.
ORIGINAL BOBATH CONCEPT
1
Developed empirically to explain the observed
signs and symptoms of the patients at 1945-
1975
CNS developed as a hierarchical structure
The complexity of the structure was defined in
terms of the size and number of
connections(Sherrington, Magnus, Walshe)
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