Analysis of image and body schema in individuals diagnosed with post-polio syndrome Análise da imagem e esquema corporal em indivíduos com diagnóstico de síndrome pós-poliomielite

Ferreira C.C.; Favero F.M.; Fontes S.V.; Quadros A.A.J.; Pereira S.S.R.; Oliveira A.S.B.; Scheuer T.F.

Analysis of image and body schema in individuals diagnosed with post-polio syndrome Análise da imagem e esquema corporal em indivíduos com diagnóstico de síndrome pós-poliomielite

Tipo

Artigo

Data de publicação

2012

Periódico

Revista Neurociencias

Citações (Scopus)

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Autores

Ferreira C.C.
Favero F.M.
Fontes S.V.
Quadros A.A.J.
Pereira S.S.R.
Oliveira A.S.B.
Scheuer T.F.

Resumo

The post-poliomyelitis syndrome is a neurological disease that manifests in individuals had poliomyelitis, after fifteen years or more, characterized by the presence of new symptoms. Among the incapacities of the PPS, the low function with low performance of the daily activities is detached. This study had as objective to analyze physical projection (PP) in individuals with the diagnosis of PPS by a specific method: Image Marking Procedure (IMP). Method. It is a descriptive and transversal study with quantitative boarding. The sample was composed by ten (10) people with diagnosis of SPP that were registered in the clinic of SPP in the Illnesses Neuromuscular Section-UNIFESP/ EPM. Results. Observed that 30.0% individuals had presented attack MMII being 30.0% of MID. The individuals had a low centered perception of their body, body asymmetry, larger body dimensions in body segments less attacked by the PPS, height perceptions of the anatomical structures were not close to the real height. Conclusion. individuals of this study had a modified perception related to its physical dimensions that characterizes the image and physical projection. These alterations are related directly to its movement.