A funcionalidade relacionada à prática de atividade física de pessoas com deficiência física: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Introduction: Physical disabilities can come to cause some impediments in the life of the person who owns, including the maintenance of a physically active and healthy independent lifestyle, which directly affects the quality of life. Objective: To conduct a systematic review to verify the state of the art research that investigates the relationship between functionality and level of physical activity in people with physical disabilities. Method: A retrospective review was performed according to the PRISMA recommendations in the databases ISI Web of Science and Medline. Complete studies published between 1990 and 2014, available in full were included. As exclusion criteria for the systematic review of studies that addressed other shortcomings were selected than the physical that addressed only one of the issues (functionality or level of physical activity), Annals of Congress, duplicate abstracts and articles. Articles were selected by two independent reviewers. Results and Discussion: 1079 articles initially, that after the analysis filters is reduced to 5 within the established criteria were identified. Thus found shortages related to this research theme works because within reviews yet little was understood about the relationship between variables functionality and physical activity in people with physical disabilities. Conclusion: This study highlights the need for further studies exploring this question since it is clear that physical activity brings benefits to daily activities and thereby improves the functional independence of people with physical disabilities , which consequently enhances their quality of life.