PHYSIOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SEQUELAE RESULTING FROM STROKE - Stroke, ATTENDED BY THE "ESF VILA NOVA" OF THE CITY OF PINHEIROS/ES

Abstract

Stroke is a disease with high incidence, currently, in older people and has become one of the biggest public health problems in the world. Due to the consequences, the patient's health is of paramount importance for patients' adherence to physical therapy rehabilitation procedures. This study aims to analyze the response of patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA) to physical therapy treatment. To achieve the objectives of this work, field, quantitative, exploratory and descriptive research were used. The research took place in the city of Pinheiros/ES, in four patients who were being treated at the ESF Vila Nova, and through it it was possible to assess the response to physical therapy treatment of patients affected by the sequelae of stroke and identify the obstacles and difficulties of the same for the performance. of said treatment. The results obtained showed that the patients who had the greatest improvement were those who were able to perform the treatment more regularly, gradually. Those who had few results were the patients who underwent less regular treatment and who pointed out difficulties in locomotion, mobility and demonstrated greater lack of information about the importance of treatment. In this way, it was possible to conclude that the population lacks information on the subject, the lack of structure and encouragement aimed at this public who reported mobility and mobility as the greatest difficulty, as well as the efficiency of the treatment when performed completely and regularly .