Intervenções em crianças com paralisia cerebral grave: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

This paper presents a literature review that investigated interventions in people with severe motor impairment (GMFCS V). Bibliographic searches were carried out in the electronic databases Medline / PubMed, Lilacs, SciELO, OTDBASE in the period 1996 to 2008, and after selection of articles, eight studies were included in this review. The main interventions documented in the literature were taping, passive stretching, early stimulation, assistive technology, the hippotherapy and dance. Among the interventions, the taping and passive stretching did not show significant improvement in all samplesAssistive technologies have proved as important clinical tools to optimize and improve the participation of this population in relevant contexts, in communication and computer use. Early stimulation, the hippotherapy and dance showed good results in treating children and young people with severe motor impairment. However, further investigations are necessary to control, with better reliability and validity, and larger samples with greater representation to demonstrate the effectiveness of these interventions, so they play in clinical practice.