The use of kinesiotaping in the neurorehabilitation approach to improve occupational performance in a post-stroke patient

Abstract

The present case seeks to increase the functionality of the left upper limb while performing basic activities of daily living. The intervention process in occupational therapy was based on the profession’s frameworks and models for the rehabilitation process: neurodevelopmental framework, Brunnstrom approach, and Bobath approach. Additionally, kinesiotaping was included during functional activities to improve the patient’s performance in basic activities of daily living. Assessments were also used to measure progress in the patient’s occupational performance: Barthel index, Lawton and Brody scale, and Folstein’s Mini-Mental State Examination. Proprioceptive stimuli and using kinesiotaping contributed to the rehabilitation process, which evidenced a better occupational performance of the patient. The Occupational therapy treatment offers frameworks and models based on neurorehabilitation and offers favorable results in recovering voluntary movement in the post-stroke patient.