Treino de força para membros superiores do indivíduo com sequelas de lesão medular: atenção do profissional de educação física no programa saúde da família

Abstract

A rehabilitation program for individuals with spinal cord injury aims to present physical activity opportunities that may be subject to regular practice by the user in their community, according to their potential, seeking health and quality of life. Discontinuity can bring harm to the individual as decreasing independence and promote an exacerbation of comorbidities. Among the risks there are the musculoskeletal changes there is the need for care to protect weak and unstable joints. The practice of a muscle strengthening (resistance exercise) in muscle wrap of functional joints can be an alternative. Seeks the realization of the exercise in gyms with equipment for this purpose, in places with accessibility, mobility favorable to the establishment, with suitable prices, and consequent monitoring of external professional. However, significant number of users with this profile regards obstacles to access to this proposal. This study aims to draw up an action plan to offer in the routine of a rehabilitation program performing resistance training with free weights and equipment capable of reproducibility at home and possible follow-up guidelines for physical education teachers in the “Núcleo de Apoio a Saúde da Família” (NASF) of their territory. A literature search was performed to identify accession strategies subsidizing the development of a resistance training in home with adapted material, illustrated leaflet and executable in your reality. It concludes that there is still a need to approximate these users with the physical education professionals crowded in their territories NASF, and greater interaction between the different levels of health care.