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Vol. 73, No. 6, June 1993, pp. 402-403
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This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

To the Editor:

I have just read with great interest the research report of Gowland et al entitled "Agonist and Antagonist Activity During Voluntary Upper-Limb Movement in Patients with Stroke" that appeared in the September 1992 issue of Physical Therapy and would like to add my comments.

In general, the treatment approach of Bobath is much broader than described in the article, and therefore the authors' criticism of this approach is not exact. Primarily, the Bobath concept is a way of thinking, its aim of treatment being the attainment of a normal quality of function. In order to achieve normal function, the treatment given must be of normal quality.

Many years ago, it was correctly claimed that, in order to attain normal coordinative movement, emphasis must be laid on inhibiting the surfeit of motor units taking part in that movement rather than recruiting other motor units for the same movement....


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Agonist and Antagonist Activity During Voluntary Upper-Limb Movement in Patients with Stroke
Carolyn Gowland, Hubert deBruin, John V Basmajian, Nancy Plews, and Ion Burcea
Physical Therapy 1992 72: 624-633. [Abstract] [PDF]





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