2012
DOI: 10.5935/0104-7795.20120020
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Traumatic brain injury: rehabilitation

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“…8 Recent systematic reviews indicate that more intensive therapies of longer duration are more effective than those that are shorter and less intensive, 3 with intensive rehabilitation training for up to 20 hours/week having the most positive outcome in the motor recovery process. 9 Current resources are generally unable to fulfill the intensity requirement. The shortage of rehabilitation providers and resources has limited the provision of adequate and appropriate rehabilitation services to TBI survivors in various regions, especially in rural areas.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 Recent systematic reviews indicate that more intensive therapies of longer duration are more effective than those that are shorter and less intensive, 3 with intensive rehabilitation training for up to 20 hours/week having the most positive outcome in the motor recovery process. 9 Current resources are generally unable to fulfill the intensity requirement. The shortage of rehabilitation providers and resources has limited the provision of adequate and appropriate rehabilitation services to TBI survivors in various regions, especially in rural areas.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ac cord ing to Almeida T et al, TBI may cause limb pa ral y sis, mus cle tone al ter ations, ataxia, and sen sory and bal ance dis or ders. TBI may also im pair speech and cog ni tive func tions causing changes in at ten tion and fo cus ing abil ity, learn ing capac ity, ob ject rec og ni tion, and spe cial per cep tion [3]. Accord ing to Massenzo T and Pidcoe P, early re ha bil i ta tion is nec es sary to pre vent such im pair ments [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ocorre por lesão direta ao parênquima encefálico ou forças de impacto e inércia sobre o crânio e o encéfalo, ocasionando lesões de estruturas vasculares e neuronais que culminam em importantes perdas cognitivas e motoras 1 .…”
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“…Normalmente o tratamento de pacientes diagnosticados com TCE inclui fisioterapia motora, composta por exercícios terapêuticos e eletrotermofototerapia 1 . De forma rotineira, utiliza--se a eletroestimulação funcional (EEF), por ser considerada eficaz no reaprendizado de algumas funções motoras comprometidas em pacientes neurológicos, uma vez que sua estimulação auxilia na contração do músculo escolhido.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified