Tratamento fisioterapêutico em crianças com paralisia cerebral: avaliação dos resultados obtidos em um clínica escola em Goiânia

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the results obtained with the physical therapy treatment in children with cerebral palsy treated at a school clinic in Goiânia. Method: A quantitative and retrospective study was carried out, through document analysis, in a school clinic, located in the city of Goiânia - GO, from September to November 2021. The medical records from 2010 to 2020 of patients with diagnosed with cerebral palsy aged 0 to 12 and discharged from the institution. The evaluation before and after the intervention was performed using the Pearson/Posthoc Chisquare Test. In all analyses, a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05) was adopted. Results: it was found that the assessment of muscle strength of upper limbs before the physical therapy intervention had a prevalence of degree 2 of muscle strength (25.9%¬), and after the intervention there was a significant increase of degree 5 of muscle strength (37.0%), the same happened with the lower limbs. There was a significant gain after the treatment of neck control and trunk control. Conclusion: The outcome of this research allows us to conclude that the results obtained with the physical therapy treatment performed at the school clinic were effective in gaining muscle strength in upper and lower limbs, in acquiring cervical and trunk control.