Vojta therapy improves postural control in very early stroke rehabilitation: a randomised controlled pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is still unclear, which physiotherapeutic approaches are most effective in stroke recovery. Vojta therapy is a type of physiotherapy that was originally developed for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Vojta therapy has been reported to improve automatic control of body posture. Because acute stroke patients are characterised by a disturbance in the ability to adapt to changes in body position, requiring automatic postural adjustment, we decided to investigate Vojta therapy in the early rehabilitation of stroke patients. Aim of the trial was to test the hypothesis that Vojta therapy - as a new physiotherapeutic approach in early stroke recovery - improves postural control and motor function in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) or intracerebral haem

SUBMITTER: Epple C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7650119 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature