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- Title
Avaliação do alinhamento postural e extensibilidade muscular pela escala SAROMM em crianças com paralisia cerebral após fisioterapia aquática.
- Authors
Miranda da Silva, Evanir; dos Santos da Silva, Tassiane Araújo; de Souza Balk, Rodrigo; Ricardo Lopes, Robson; Caldeira Santos, Christian; Lara, Simone; Graup, Susane
- Abstract
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most prevalent cause of motor disorders in children in the structural and functional maturation of the central nervous system period. The aquatic physical therapy is an alternative treatment which enables the acquisition functionality in the PC according to the physical and cognitive skills of the child. The study aimed to analyze the effects of aquatic physical therapy on postural alignment and muscle extensibility in children with CP diagnosis. The study included four children with diagnosis of CP (two spastic and two athetosis). It carried out a protocol with 10 sessions of Aquatic Physical Therapy, including trunk strengthening exercises and lower limbs (LL) and joint flexibility, and the children were evaluated before and after treatment using the Spinal Scale Alignment and Range of Motion Measure (SAROMM). The four subjects showed improved extensibility of the lower limbs, but there was no improvement in the trunk alignment. The aquatic therapy showed beneficial effects on muscle extensibility lower limbs in children with CP.
- Subjects
SPASTICITY diagnosis; AQUATIC exercises; CEREBRAL palsy; COGNITIVE testing; EXERCISE; MEDICAL protocols; MUSCLE strength; PHYSICAL therapy; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR disorders
- Publication
Fisioterapia Brasil, 2017, Vol 18, Issue 6, p719
- ISSN
1518-9740
- Publication type
Article