BOBATH’S NEURODEVELOPMENTAL

TREATMENT
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

Stage of Flaccidity
• Positioning (p. 76)
• Using the bedpan (p. 78)
• Rolling over to sidelying (p. 78 and
89)
• Turning over to sit up on the side of
the bed (p. 80)
• Preparing the patient for sitting up
and standing (p. 92)
o Working for control of the leg
o Extension in preparation for
WB
o Preparing for walking without
circumduction
• Control of adduction and abduction
of the hip in supine (p. 97)

Stage of Spasticity
• Treatment in sitting up and
standing (p. 112)
o Control of the pelvis
o Control of adduction and
abduction of the hip in sitting
o Preparation for standing
• Treatment for standing up and
standing (p. 114)
o Standing up from a high
plinth
o Control of dorsiflexion
• Treatment for walking
o The stance phase (p. 122)
o The swing phase (p. 123)

Stage of Relative Recovery

• Treatment to improve the patient’s
gait (p. 139)

REFERENCE: Bobath, B. (1990). Adult

Hemiplegia: Evaluation and Treatment,
3rd ed.