Description of the Pediasuit ProtocolTM

• Autor(a) principal: Mendonça Scheeren, Eduardo
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Gomes Mascarenhas, Luis Paulo, Chiarello, Claudiana Renata, Costin, Ana Cláudia Martins Szczypior, Oliveira, Leonardo, Borba Neves, Eduardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Fisioterapia em Movimento
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/fisio/article/view/21385

Introduction: PediaSuit ProtocolTM is an intensive therapy with a holistic approach to the treatment of individuals with neurological disorders like cerebral palsy (CP), developmental delays, traumatic brain injuries,autism and other conditions which affect a child's motor and/or cognitive functions. Objective: The aim of the present work is to describe the PediaSuit ProtocolTM. Methods: The authors team remained two monthsobserving the care provided in a clinic with physical therapists trained by the PediaSuit ProtocolTM team (USA). Results: The PediaSuitTM is a therapeutic protocol which uses a suit combined with intensive physicaltherapy and consists of up to four hours of therapy a day, five days a week, during three or four weeks. The PediaSuit ProtocolTM is customized to fit the needs of each child, with specific functional goals, and usually involves an intensive rehabilitation program. It combines the best elements of various techniques and methods, and has a sound rationale based on exercise physiology. Conclusion: This protocol anticipates resultsobtained only with long periods of conventional physical therapy.