Desenvolvendo capacidades motoras em crianças com hidrocefalia em atividades aquáticas

Abstract

With the objective to analyze if aquatic activities contribute for the development of the motor capacities of children with hydrocephali, three (03) children with hydrocephali had taken part on this study with ages between one (01) and four (04), who attended Clínica Antônio Francisco Lisbôa, in the city of Santa Maria/RS. The activities were developed in two (02) weekly sessions of 30 minutes each one. Before initiating the activities an interview with the children’s parents was carried out, in order to get information about the same ones. The children were introduced to the place where they would be working, as well as to the teacher and to the monitor that would help in the activities. After this stage an initial evaluation was carried out with the children in order to begin the intervention, aiming the development of the motor capacities of the same ones. After nine (09) lessons an evaluation occurred to verify the evolution of the children after the intervention. Finally another interview with the parents happened to get information about the developed work with the children. In the end of the study it was possible to see meaningful results regarding the obtained improvements, as for example, in the equilibrium, the whole motricity, as well as in the march, contributing in this way on their displacements, mobility, at last collaborating in the everyday activities, the health and the quality of life of these children.