Virtual reality improves balance and motor performance of a children with cerebral palsy

• Autor(a) principal: Latorre, Bianca Piriz
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Carvalho, Maurício Tatsch Ximenes, Silva, Simone Rosa da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• DOI: 10.5902/2236583438439
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/38439
• topic: Cerebral palsy; Virtual reality; Postural balance.; Paralisia cerebral; Realidade virtual; Equilíbrio postural.

The present work is characterized as case report whose objective was to analyze the effects of virtual reality therapy therapy on the balance and motor performance of a child with Cerebral Palsy. Data collection was carried out from the selection of a children with spastic diparetic cerebral palsy, attended at the Association of Parents and Friends of the Exceptional (APAE) - Bagé-RS. The variables of the study, measured before and after the intervention, were: balance (Berg Balance Scale) and motor performance (Gross Motor Function Measure - GMFM). Intervention was performed through physiotherapeutic care based on virtual reality therapy by Xbox®360 Kinect for 2 months, 2 times a week in the course of 1 hour. Our findings showed an increase in motor performance (90.47% to 96.26%) and balance (45 to 52 points) demonstrating the potential benefits of virtual reality therapy.