Provas de Mestrado

Contexto: as terapias orientadas pelo corpo (TOC) podem ser eficazes na produção de efeitos terapêuticos pós AVC. Objetivos: conhecer as evidências científicas dos efeitos das TOC em pacientes adultos e idosos pós AVC, na cognição, na noção do corpo e na qualidade de vida. Metodologia: a pesquisa fez-se nas: Pubmed, Science Direct, Cochrane, Web of Science, Psycinfo, Scopus, Portal Regional da BVS e PEDro. A escala de PEDro avaliou a qualidade metodológica dos estudos e a BES permitiu a síntese de dados. Resultados: 11 estudos de elevada qualidade investigaram as TOC, focando as Artes Criativas e Mind-body, e avaliando variáveis cognitivas, da noção do corpo e da qualidade de vida. Conclusão: as TOC serão válidas na recuperação do AVC, pois evidenciam induzir benefícios similares a outras terapias ao nível da cognição, noção do corpo e qualidade de vida. As intervenções Mind-body evidenciaram potencializar os benefícios cognitivos face a outras TOC; Effects of body-oriented intervention on adult and elderly patients, after stroke, on cognitive function, body awareness and quality of life: A systematic review ABSTRACT: Context: Body-oriented interventions (BOI) may be effective in producing post-stroke therapeutic effects. Objectives: to know the scientific evidence of the effects of BOI in adult and elderly patients after stroke, on cognition, body awareness and quality of life. Methodology: the research was carried out in: Pubmed, Science Direct, Cochrane, Web of Science, Psycinfo, Scopus, Portal Regional da BVS and PEDro. The PEDro scale assessed the methodological quality of the studies and the BES allowed data synthesis. Results: 11 high quality studies investigated OCD, focusing on Creative Arts and Mind-body, and evaluating cognitive variables, body awareness and quality of life. Conclusion: BOI will be valid in stroke recovery, as they show similar benefits to other therapies in terms of cognition, body awareness and quality of life. Mind-body programs have shown to have more cognitive benefits compared to other BOI.