BAPNE method and Neurorehabilitation in patients with severe acquired brain injury

Abstract

The use of body percussion through BAPNE method in neurorehabilitation offers the possibility of studying the development of motor skills, attention, coordination, memory and social interaction of patients with neurological diseases. The experimental protocol was carried out on 52 patients with severe acquired brain injury. Patients were selected for the cut-off scores in the standard neuropsychological tests of sustained attention, divided and alert ; at least one emisoma intact, cut-off scores in the standard for procedural and semantic memory ; eyesight, hearing and speech intact. The first group of patients has supported the protocol BAPNE thogher with the traditional rehabilitation activities. The control group continued to perform exclusively the cognitive and neuromotor rehabilitation according to traditional protocols. At 6 months after administration of the protocol is expected to re-test to assess if present, the maintenance of the effects of rehabilitation obtained. Experimentation is carried out for 10 weeks following the protocol of BAPNE method in the Roboris Foundation of Rome: The research is led by three neurologists from the center of neurorehabilitation.