Fonoterapia vocal e fisioterapia respiratória com idosos saudáveis: revisão de literatura

Abstract

This study is subject to vocal therapy and breathing physical therapy in the healthy elderly. The aim of this study was to review the literature on vocal therapy and respiratory therapy in healthy elderly. It was done a literature review of articles published between 2004 and 2014 in the databases Lilacs, Bireme, MedLine, PubMed and Scielo. Descriptors used: physical therapy specialty; breathing; speech therapy; aged; therapeutics and voice. The literature on vocal therapy with healthy elderly showed that the interventions have been made through vocal hygiene; traditional vocal therapy for the presbyphonia, regardless of the type of intervention; specific vocal exercises; and standardized treatment programs, there is evidence of improvement of the measures vocals perceptual-auditory, acoustic, self-assessment and laryngeal image. As for respiratory therapy, the literature showed that the techniques or procedures used whit healthy elderly were: used of Thershould machine, manual therapy techniques, incentive spirometry, respiratory exercises associated with the movement of the trunk and lower extremities and physical activity in general, with evidence of improvement in respiratory muscle strength, lung functional and functional autonomy of the elderly. Keywords: Physiotherapy; Speech Therapy; Aged; Breathing; Therapeutics; Voice RESUMO Este estudo tem como tema a fonoterapia vocal e a fisioterapia respiratória no idoso saudável. O objetivo do presente estudo foi revisar a literatura sobre fonoterapia vocal e sobre fisioterapia respiratória com idosos saudáveis. Foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico de artigos publicados entre 2004 e 2014 nas bases de dados Lilacs, Bireme, MedLine, PubMed e Scielo. Descritores utilizados: physical therapy specialty; breathing; speech therapy; aged; therapeutics e voice. A literatura sobre fonoterapia vocal com idosos saudáveis mostrou que as intervenções têm sido feitas por meio de orientação vocal; terapia vocal tradicional para presbifonia, independente do tipo de intervenção; exercícios vocais específicos; e programas terapêuticos padronizados, havendo evidências de melhora de medidas vocais perceptivoauditivas, acústicas, de autoavaliação vocal e de imagem laríngea. Quanto à fisioterapia respiratória, a literatura evidenciou que as técnicas ou procedimentos utilizados com idosos saudáveis foram: uso do aparelho Threshold, técnicas de terapia manual, espirometria de incentivo, exercícios respiratórios associados ao movimento do tronco e membros inferiores e atividade física em geral, apresentando evidências de melhora na força muscular respiratória, função pulmonar e autonomia funcional dos idosos.

Single breath counting technique to assess pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…After removing duplicates and analyzing titles and abstracts, of the 574 titles, 65 articles remained to be reviewed and analyzed in full, of which 24 were considered potentially relevant for this review. An indepth analysis defined the exclusion of 13 publications for not presenting results regarding the relationship between SBCT and VC in the scope [14,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] (figure 1).…”