Introduction: Child development is a period of progressive and complex transformations related to growth, maturation, learning, motor skills, and psychosocial issues.
Objective: Analyze the influence of obesity on the aspects of motor development and quality of life of children aged three to eight years, and and their mothers’ levels of anxiety and depression.
Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive and quantitative approach study with children enrolled and attended at a pediatric endocrinology in Fortaleza, CE, in the period between June and November 2017. The study sample consisted of 24 children from three to eight years of age. We used the anthropometric quantification, the Motor Development Scale, and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) for children. We applied the Beck anxiety and depression questionnaires for mothers.
Results: 16 were female, and 17 were severely obese. Most of the sample showed motor development changes 42,85% classified as “inferior” in the obesity category, and 41.17% in the severely obese category. Both groups revealed”complete right-handed” and “undefined” laterality in around 40% of the individuals. The quality of life had a low mean score. The majority of mothers from both groups presented minimal anxiety and depression.
Conclusions: Obesity interferes negatively with the overall motor development, determination of laterality, and quality of life of children, perceiving more severe levels of anxiety and depression in mothers of children severely obesity.
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Introduction: Self-help devices (SHD) have been used as an alternative to conventional treatment for post stroke rehabilitation. This review aims to look for evidence that a stroke survivor may have increased muscle strength with the use of SHD. Methods: This article was conducted according to PRISMA, a statistical tool (state of the art by systematic review) and previously registered in PROSPERO (international prospective registry of systematic reviews) under number CRD42018091424. Studies addressing the use of SHD and its effect on muscle strength in stroke patients were included. The studies were read, selected and their metadata extracted. A Downs & Black scale was used to assess methodological quality. Results: 41 publications were analyzed, of which only three met the proposed inclusion criteria. Two articles showed positive results in strength gain using SHD. One study presented a decrease in the mean reaching forces when compared to the intervention groups (subacute and chronic with assistance to grip) and controls but SHD assisted in performing the activity. Conclusion: Studies using SHD suggest muscle strength improvement in stroke patients.
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