Uso del Nintendo Wii sobre la motricidad gruesa en Síndrome de Down.

Abstract

The down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21 is a genetical condition caused by an error in the cellular division that happens in the conception, which causes an additional copy of the chromosome 21, characterized for presenting generalized muscular hypotonia, decrease in muscular strength, laxity of the ligaments, articular hypermobility and difficulties in the agonistantagonist muscular co-contraction. Children with Down Syndrome (SD) present delays in the motor skills development, taking more time to acquire motor patterns and they get better with practice, so it can be affirmed that this population requires a little more time to learn motor abilities, generating this way important alterations in the adaptive functioning and in the abilities of everyday life which limits their autonomy and independence, such as their participation in social activities. Different strategies have been proposed to increase motor abilities and the postural control in this population with Down Syndrome, between these there is the Nintendo Wii, used as a tool for rehabilitation and empowerment of the motor abilities. This is why it has been proposed as an objective to determinate the efficiency of the physiotherapeutic intervention based in the use of the Nintendo Wii in the gross motor skills in children with Down Syndrome. Investigation made through the search of literature related to the using of the Nintendo Wii about the gross motor skills in children with Down Syndrome, in which were included meta analysis, systemic revisions, randomized and controlled clinical essays, taken from different data bases such as Pubmed, Pedro, Scielo, ScienceDirect and Scopus. In them they get to the conclusion that based in virtual reality by the dispositive Nintendo Wii is a valuable tool, new and effective in the gross motor skills in kids with Down Syndrome.