Doença de Parkinson: correlação entre mobilidade e força de membros inferiores com a força de preensão palmar

• Autor(a) principal: Santana, Beatriz Nagy
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/370
• topic: Doença de Parkinson; Força da mão; Avaliação; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FISIOTERAPIA E TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with motor and not motor signs and symptoms. With the progression of the disease, individuals with PD have difficulties to perform daily tasks. The use of assessment tools to identify the damage presented by individuals with PD is important. It has been suggested that the reduction in handgrip strength correlates with impaired functional capacity and functional limitations of gait and balance of healthy elderly. However, it has not been investigated whether the reduction in hand strength in individuals with PD can be correlated with the reduction in overall muscle strength and functional capacity. The present study verified the correlation between lower limb strength and functional mobility with handgrip strength when evaluating individuals with PD. The following clinical tests were performed: handgrip strength test, Timed UP and GO (TUG) and sit-up test. The correlation between pairs of variables was investigated by Pearson correlation. Correlation was observed only between the functional mobility assessed by the TUG and the lower limb strength assessed by the sit-up test (r = 0.84). Although the handgrip strength test was indicated as an indicator of reduction in overall strength and functional capacity, when evaluating individuals with PD, no correlation was observed between these variables.