Efeitos da Equoterapia na Postura e Equilibrio de Crianças com Paralisia Cerebral
Data
2010
Autores
Medeiros, Luciana Sotelo 
Orientadores
Carvalho, Raquel de Paula
Tipo
Trabalho de conclusão de curso
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Resumo
A Paralisia Cerebral (PC) pode ser definida como sequela de uma lesão não-progressiva no
encéfalo imaturo, levando a um quadro de comprometimento motor. Equoterapia é uma
técnica terapêutica que, desde 1970, utiliza movimentos sobre o cavalo, visando a melhora do
desempenho motor do paciente. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar os efeitos da Equoterapia
no equilíbrio estático e dinâmico e postura ortostática de crianças com paralisia cerebral graus
leve (I e II) e moderado (III e IV) do GMFCS. A postura e equilíbrio de sete crianças PC
foram avaliados pelo SAPO e PBS, receberam tratamento de equoterapia durante 16 semanas,
e depois foram reavaliadas. O grupo leve apresentou melhor equilíbrio que o grupo moderado.
Não houve diferença após intervenção para as variáveis da avaliação postural. Houve melhora
na habilidade de pegar objeto no chão para o grupo moderado. Após o tratamento, as crianças
do grupo leve tiveram melhora em mais itens do PBS que as crianças do grupo moderado.
Conclui-se que a equoterapia não influenciou na melhora do alinhamento postural mas houve
melhora no equilíbrio estático e dinâmico de crianças PC.
The Cerebral Palsy (CP) is defined as non-progressive disturbance in the imature central nervous system that implies on a group of motor disorders. The Equine-Assisted Therapy is a therapeutic intervention that uses horse movements since 1970 to improve the motor performance of the patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of EquineAssisted Therapy for static and dynamic balance and ortostatic posture of CP children with mild (I and II) and moderate (III e IV) GMFCS levels. The posture and balance were evaluated in seven PC children by SAPO and PBS; they were treated by Equine-Assisted Therapy during 16 weeks, after that they were evaluated. The balance of mild group was better than moderate group. There was no difference after intervention for postural variables. There was an improvement in the “retrieving object from floor” for moderate group. After intervention, there was an improvement in a number of item from PBS for mild group than moderate group. The conclusion is that Equine-Assisted Therapy doesn’t improve the postural alignment but there was an improvement in static and dynamic balance of PC children
The Cerebral Palsy (CP) is defined as non-progressive disturbance in the imature central nervous system that implies on a group of motor disorders. The Equine-Assisted Therapy is a therapeutic intervention that uses horse movements since 1970 to improve the motor performance of the patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of EquineAssisted Therapy for static and dynamic balance and ortostatic posture of CP children with mild (I and II) and moderate (III e IV) GMFCS levels. The posture and balance were evaluated in seven PC children by SAPO and PBS; they were treated by Equine-Assisted Therapy during 16 weeks, after that they were evaluated. The balance of mild group was better than moderate group. There was no difference after intervention for postural variables. There was an improvement in the “retrieving object from floor” for moderate group. After intervention, there was an improvement in a number of item from PBS for mild group than moderate group. The conclusion is that Equine-Assisted Therapy doesn’t improve the postural alignment but there was an improvement in static and dynamic balance of PC children
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MEDEIROS, Luciana Sotelo. Efeitos da Equoterapia na Postura e Equilibrio de Crianças com Paralisia Cerebral. 2010. 39 f. Trabalho de conclusão de curso de graduação (Fisioterapia) - Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade (ISS), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, 2010.