Sistema para mejorar el desarrollo de la actividad de Hidroterapia en niños con Parálisis Cerebral Espástica en el “ESE Centro de Rehabilitación Cardioneuromuscular."”

Abstract

Infantile cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a group of chronic disorders due to an injury or defect in the development of the immature brain (neuromotor disorder). It occurs between the first days of gestation and 3 to 5 years of life. This is manifested with alterations in muscle tone and posture, causing spasticity, for this reason therapies conducted by a physical therapist, which seek to develop gross and fine motor skills. This therapy is designed in a personalized way so that the affected areas improve through games, in the same way, various therapies are applied such as hydrotherapy and in it techniques such as Halliwick, where physiotherapeutic knowledge of rehabilitation and biomechanics are used together through the aquatic environment. This project was developed in the "ESE Cardiovascular rehabilitation center" is the only public rehabilitation center that has facilities for hydrotherapy in the department, the institute does not have adequate implements or equipment to perform such therapy in an ideal way, generating affectations in time causing a low rate of patient care, its main patients are children with cerebral palsy of low resources, which do not have the resources to perform the therapy privately, generating affectations in the quality of life.