title: Neurodevelopmental treatment: application to nursing and effects on the hemiplegic stroke patient.
abstract: Nursing care of the hemiplegic stroke patient is based on a traditional approach, using compensatory rehabilitative principles. However, during recent years, the neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) approach, based on the noncompensatory rehabilitative principles and focused on activating the affected side of the hemiplegic stroke patient, is increasingly begin applied to neuroscience nursing. Until recently, little evidence existed to support the superiority of the NDT approach. The NDT approach requires considerable investment in education and training. Therefore, benefit of the NDT approach in comparison to the traditional approach must be assessed and interventions applied accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Hafsteinsdóttir
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000502:physiology*