The Neuropathology of Cerebral Palsy and its Importance in Treatment and Diagnosis: The Cerebral Palsy Problem. B. Normal Development of Motor Abilities. C. Causes of Motor Handicap in Cerebral Palsy. D. Early Diagnosis
Bobath, K.
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 1(8): 13-33
1959
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-1622 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1959.tb08312.xDocument Number: 259630
In the cerebral palsied child early treatment seems desirable but impossible for lack of active co-operation by the patient. Dr. and Mrs. Bobath have used inherent motor reactions to promote good movement patterns even in infancy. This "meaty" article gives a postgraduate course on the postural reflexes underlying our equilibrium, their emergence and later integration and inhibition in the normal infant's early years. A knowledge of these reactions and of the abnormal reflexes of the cerebral palsied child will help us to recognise the postures displayed and to understand the ideas underlying the Bobaths' methods of treatment.
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