Dynamic NeuroMuscular
Stabilization (DNS) is a developmental rehabilitation approach to optimize
motricity control. It is based on the principles of neurodevelopment. According to these principles, the nervous system establishes programs that
control human posture, movement and gait. This motor control is largely established in the critical early years of life. Therefore, the Prague School focuses on the neurodevelopmental aspects of motor
control to assess and restore the dysfunction of the locomotor system and
associated syndromes.
The School of Rehabilitation and Manual Medicine in Prague was created by very
important neurologists and physiatrists of the rehabilitation movement of the
twentieth century: professors Vaclav Vojta, Karel Lewit, Vladimir Janda and
Frantisek Vele. Based on the principles of neurodevelopment and rehabilitation described by
these mentors, Professor Pavel Kolar has created new clinical protocols
designed to restore and stabilize locomotor function. This new rehabilitation approach is called dynamic neuromuscular stabilization
(DNS).