Parâmetros de controle postural em crianças durante uma sessão de equoterapia – estudos de casos

Abstract

Postural control is the ability of a person to hold himself in various positions, either static or dynamic. Cerebral Palsy(PC)is ac ondition that leads to deficits in this ability. Objective: to verify the responses of the postural control of children with and without PC throughout the session of equinetherapy. METHODS: Four male children aged 10 and 11 years old were enrolled in the study, two children undergoing equine therapy for more than one year with GMFCS (Classification of Motor Function Gross)levels III and IV and two children with development typical motor. Every five minutes in a total of 30 minutes of a session of equoterapia were measured parameters of displacement of the pressure center (COP) on the saddle through the system CONFORMat®. A descriptive analysis was performed through two graphs of the COP parameters in the four children with and without CP through out the session of equinetherapy. Results: children with CP had lower variations in COP parameters than the control group. Conclusion: We can conclude that children with PC practitioners presented lower values in the COP parameters.