EFFECTS OF BOBATH METHOD AND TREADMILL TRAINING WITH PARTIAL BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT IN GAIT REHABILITATION AFTER STROKE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Abstract
Introduction: Patients after stroke have disturbance in gait, besides other impairments. Gait rehabilitation should focus on this deficit through the use of different methods from the most traditional to the most current ones, such as Bobath and treadmill with partial body weight support (TPBS). Objective: To check in the literature the existence of clinical studies comparing the Bobath method with TPBS in gait rehabilitation of individuals after stroke. Material and Methods: A systematic review with electronic searches in the databases SciELO, PubMed, PEDro and Lilacs was performed in August 2014. It was included clinical trials that addressed specifically the topic of this review, published in scientific journals in full and using the keywords “stroke, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, treadmill with weight support and Bobath”, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Results: Ten studies were found, of which four were excluded. The remaining six studies were used in this review: five randomized controlled clinical trials and one case study, published between 1995 and 2008. In these studies, aspects such as cadence, step length, speed and gait quality, functional ambulation, balance and functionality of the patient were analyzed. Conclusion: Gait training using TPBS was found to show the best effects in the rehabilitation of gait, with longer duration of achieved benefits when in combination with other interventions or alone, as compared to gait training by the Bobath method. DESCRIPTORS Stroke. Gait. Motor Activity. Rehabilitation. Physical Therapy Specialty.Downloads
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2015-03-23
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COSTA, V. da S., MELO, L. P. de, BEZERRA, V. T., & SOUZA, F. H. M. de. (2015). EFFECTS OF BOBATH METHOD AND TREADMILL TRAINING WITH PARTIAL BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT IN GAIT REHABILITATION AFTER STROKE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Da Saúde, 18(2), 167–174. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/rbcs/article/view/15443
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