A eficácia de exercícios físicos no equilíbrio de crianças com deficiência auditiva: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

During motor development, the perception and sensation systems have great influence on the development of balance and motor control. The main objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of physical exercises in the balance of children with disabilities hearing loss, since they have vestibular deficits that affect balance. For For this, a methodical selection of articles published on the platforms was made: Periodicals CAPES, Scopus, Cochrane Library and PubMed via the National Library of Medicine using pre-established search strategies, keywords: hearing impairment, deafness, deaf, balance, children, exercise and their respective translations in Portuguese databases. Operators Booleans: AND and OR. 10 year time cut (2011-2020). Inclusion criteria were: preliminary tests to the intervention; children aged 5-12 years; involve the analysis of balance; hearing-impaired children with or without cochlear implants; study available in Portuguese or English; study available free of charge; study in compatible format with the StArt tool. Exclusion criteria were: studies including children younger than 5 years or older than 12 years; is not of comparative intervention; double; children with hearing impairment who have another accessory disability; do not end with balance analysis and related aspects; not found completely or free. Four articles were selected for analysis and description of results. The results demonstrate that physical exercise programs that focus on balance, control posture and compensation of vestibular deficits, help to improve balance. It is concluded that exercise programs involving perceptive-motor aspects have positive effects on balance and motor control of children with hearing loss, it is expected that such results can help professionals in interventions with groups similar.