Benefícios da fisioterapia na gestação

Abstract

During the gestational phase, several physiological changes occur. In addition to lumbar overweight, the pelvic floor undergoes changes arising from the weakening and injuries of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM), the main consequence of which is urinary incontinence (UI), which affects the quality of life of pregnant women. In this context, the physical therapist helps with general exercises and preparation exercises for childbirth, with stimuli to gain muscle strength in the lower, upper, lower limbs, abdomen and pelvic floor to reduce the consequences at the time of childbirth and urinary incontinence . Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the benefits of physical therapy during pregnancy. As for the methodology, it consists of an integrative review of selected articles in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) databases and in the United States National Library of Medicine (PubMED), in September 2021. Eight studies were selected that investigated the Benefits of Physiotherapy in pregnancy, with data on authors, journal, year of publication, study site, objective(s), method, results and main contributions, evaluated in this research. The research findings demonstrated that several different methods and resources for intervention were adopted, such as training instruction/physical exercises, use of auxiliary instruments/materials and clinical examinations.