PNF in hemiplegic gait

[gcoe]

Thanks Esther.

This topic seems to have got revived - mainly due to a spammer before Esther's comment. Last time I took a bit of a roasting from a contributor for being dismissive, foolish in my dismissiveness and my defense against it based on current science as being based on an arrogant view.

So I thought I would take a different tack as to why I take this view. Please note I am confining the discussion to PNF in neurological rehab, particularly hemiplegia. PNF is a complex package of techniques that can be applied to many problems. PNF may demonstrate effectiveness in other efforts and so I am not commenting on this. I have a rather long contribution so I have put it in as a document for those who want to read it. I warn you I haven't changed my point of view - just thought I would give a bit of a personal background to my own experience with PNF and that it is something I have thought long and hard about.

Before you read it you might like to look at a powerpoint presentation that gives a narrative review of PNF in neurorehab so have a look at that first:

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/mckeough...esentation.pps