Abstrakt
The individuals with Rett syndrome display a lot of challenging difficulties in all areas of daily living. The aim of the research among girls with this type of combined disability was to conduct a survey to gain as much information as possible about the possibilities for motor training, movement activities and physiotherapy that can suppress regression and improve quality of life.
The questions put to 14 mothers revealed that standard physical exercise is not possible given the girls’ health and mental condition. Consequently, physiotherapeutic concepts and methods (Vojta reflex locomotion, the Bobath concept) and other complementary therapies (canistherapy, hippotheraphy, music therapy, ergotheraphy et al.) are applied, attended by the girls mainly as part of compulsory schooling.
The exercise usually takes place several times a day, both in school or an educational facility and at home.