Bobath or CIMT Therapies, Both Enhanced By the Tutor System

Burcu Ersoz Huseyinsinoglu and Yakup Krespi of the Stroke Unit, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey and Arzu Razak Ozdincler of the Istanbul University School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey conducted a study involving a comparison between the Bobath concept and the constraint-induced movement (CIMT) therapy concept for rehabilitating stroke patients.
Their objective was to compare the effects of therapies on arm functional recovery among stroke patients with a high level of function on the affected side.
A total of 24 patients were used. The Bobath group was treated for 1 hour whereas the CIMT group received training for 3 hours per day during 10 consecutive weekdays.
The conclusions they drew from the study were that there was no basic difference between the two methods as far as improving functional ability, speed and quality of movement in the paretic arm among stroke patients with a high level of function. Constraint-induced movement therapy seemed to be a bit more efficient than the Bobath Concept in general.
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