COMPORTAMENTO MOTOR EM CRIANÇAS COM PARALISIA CEREBRAL: EFEITOS DO TREINO DE MARCHA EM ESTEIRA COM SUSPENSÃO DE PESO CONCEITO NEUROEVOLUTIVO BOBATH ASSOCIADO OU NÃO AO REFORÇO TANGÍVEL.

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to evaluate and compare the march training in conveyor belt with partial weight suspension or Bobath Neuro-Developmental Concept associated or not to the tangible reinforcement in the motor behavior of children with Cerebral Palsy. Twelve children with Cerebral Palsy, all of them in level I of the GMFCS (Gross Motor Function Classification System), with ages between 3,18 to 10,16 years old (average of 6,1 years old), were divided in four groups of treatment. The first one was submitted to the conveyor belt training associated to the tangible reinforcement, the second was submitted to the conveyor belt training without the tangible reinforcement, the third was submitted to the Bobath Concept associated to the tangible reinforcement, and the fourth one was submitted to the Bobath Concept without the tangible reinforcement. All the participants were submitted, before and after the treatment, to the march analysis through digital video filming and video observation to get the speed, cadence and gross motor function improvement, related to the capacity to stand up, walk, run and jump, through the GMFM (Gross Motor Function Measure), D and E dimensions. The intervention consisted in 24 physiotherapy sessions, being two 40 - minute sessions per week. The results showed that both march training in conveyor belt with weight suspension and Bobath Concept had significant results in the gross motor function, having 8,78% and 6,43% respectively. However, there wasn t a statistic difference between them, when they were compared. Comparing the march parameters with the normal values, the conveyor belt training had improvement in the initial p cadence: 1,4886%, final p: 13,1626%; but it wasn t observed the same with the initial p march speed 0,0007%, final p: 0,0000%. In spite of not being meaningful, the Bobath Concept presented an improvement in the initial p cadence 0,004%, final p: 0,055% and in the initial march speed 0,009%, final p: 1,010%. The tangible reinforcement proportioned a superior result in the gross motor function compared to the groups that didn t use it, having 8,07% and 7,13% respectively, but there wasn t a significant statistic between them.