Efeitos da hidroterapia em portadores da doença de Parkinson

Abstract

Introduction: Hydrotherapy appears as a means of treatment for individuals with neurodegenerative diseases aiming to improve functional performance, balance and quality of life. Objectives: Observe, based on scientific literature, the effects of hydrotherapy on Parkinson's disease. Methodology: This is a review of the scientific literature, where searches were carried out in the PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), Pubmed, Cochrane, SciELO, Elseviere and Lilacs databases from February 2020 to June 2021. Articles that complied to the following criteria: having a title, abstract and finally the full text that fit the relevant theme. Articles that did not address the theme were excluded: Parkinson's disease; the themes: functional performance, balance and quality of life; and that did not address hydrotherapy. Results: Twenty-six studies were selected after searching the databases described and reading the title and summary of articles, after the exclusion of four duplicate articles, twenty-two articles remained, these were evaluated by reading the entire text, and so on. seventeen of these were included. Conclusion: It was evidenced through the literature review that hydrotherapy generates a positive impact on the functional performance, balance and quality of life of individuals with Parkinson's disease. Through the analysis of the results of experimental studies in the researched literature, different interventions were observed, and it was concluded that studies of longer duration and with a greater number of weekly sessions tend to obtain better results, especially when seeking to improve motor function. of the individual.