Efeito da terapia manual associada ao exercício na dor e funcionalidade em indivíduos com patologias traumato-ortopédicas do ombro: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Introduction: Musculoskeletal changes in the shoulder have an important impact on the lives of individuals, leading to a decrease in their functionality and leading to disability. As an alternative treatment, physiotherapeutic treatment can use several resources: manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, or a combination of both. Thus, such a combination of physical therapy resources can be used in the treatment of shoulder pathologies. Objective: The objective of the present study was to analyze the effectiveness of manual therapy associated with exercise on shoulder pain, functionality and/or muscle strength in individuals with trauma-orthopedic shoulder pathologies. Methodology: The study is a narrative review of the literature, the search was carried out in June 2022. How inclusion and exclusion criteria were used: publications in Portuguese and/or English; in the period from 2012 to 2022; and that were relevant to the proposed theme. Results: Initially, 210 articles were found, after reading the title, exclusion due to duplicity, reading the abstracts and reading the full text, 05 articles were selected for this review. Conclusion: The manual therapy techniques associated with exercises described in this work have resulted in effective outcomes in pain, functionality, ROM gain and muscle strength, but further studies on this association are still needed.