Nel 1986 Karel Bobath disse” Il Concetto Bobath non è concluso. Noi speriamo che continuerà a crescere e svilupparsi negli anni futuri”.
Questo documento è un documento di lavoro e continua ad essere aggiornato in relazione alle nuove conoscenze teoriche ed alle evidenze emergenti dalla letteratura.
Durante il 14° Congresso Annuale dell’IBITA nel 1998, è stato creato un gruppo di lavoro. Originariamente il gruppo di lavoro aveva la sua base in Olanda, ove era gia stato sviluppato una cornice teorica di riferimento per il Concetto Bobath ( Baumgarten, 1999).
Contemporaneamente il Comitato Scientifico dell’NDTA ( Neurodevelopmental Treatment Association) nel Nord America stava lavorando per gli stessi scopi ed aveva già prodotto un documento provvisorio molto simile a quello dell’IBITA. Il gruppo di lavoro IBITA era consapevole che il riconoscimento internazionale dei principi del Concetto Bobath ne sarebbe uscito rinforzato se entrambi i documenti fossero stati in accordo sui principi di base.
Al 15° Congresso IBITA del 1999 i membri dell’associazione approvarono il documento proposto come documento di lavoro, in un formato simile a quello utilizzato all’interno dell’NDTA.
Il lavoro del NDTA è riconosciuto e apprezzato e l’IBITA è grata per il permesso di incorporare diversi punti derivanti dal documento NDTA del 1998 nel proprio documento di lavoro.
Le assunzioni teoriche e i principi di trattamento dell’NDTA sono stati in seguito pubblicati in un libro (Howle JM 2002).
Altri punti presenti nel documento IBITA sono il prodotto del gruppo di lavoro IBITA e sono considerati particolarmente importanti per la riabilitazione dell’adulto.
La cornice teorica dell’approccio ha continuato ad evolversi con il risultato di produrre una revisione del documento nel 2003. Una ulteriore revisione è stata è stata approvata durante il Congresso Annuale IBITA nel 2004 pur con la previsione di una ulteriore revisione degli assunti teorici e della loro applicazione clinica. Il documento è stato attualmente completato dal comitato scientifico IBITA.
Il documento sarà continuamente rivisto e modificato in relazione ai futuri risultati della ricerca ed alle evidenze cliniche sull’efficacia dei trattamenti.
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