Results of physical rehabilitation treatment in children with delayed psychomotor development

• Herrera Horta, Guillermo Alejandro ^[1] ; Gutiérrez García , Zurelys ^[1]
  1. [1] Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río, Cuba
• Localización: SAP Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, ISSN-e 3125-246X, Nº. 3, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introduction: early intervention with physical rehabilitation actions in children with retarded psychomotor development is, above all, a fundamental principle to neutralize the consequences of the disease on functional capacity and to maximize possible residues.

    Objective: To describe the results of the rehabilitation treatment in children with delayed psychomotor development, belonging to the Pedro Borrás Astorga Polyclinic, in the Pinar del Río municipality during the year 2022.

    Method: an observational, descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study was carried out, with a universe of 31 children with delayed psychomotor development and a sample of 26 children who met the inclusion criteria. The percentage was produced as a summary measure and the chi-square test with a significance level of p<0,001.

    Results: Female patients predominated (61,5 %), with 3 to 6 months of age (23,2 %) and perinatal risk factors (57,7 %). The most affected area of ​​development was the gross motor (76,9 %). After a month of treatment, there was a predominance of patients with a normal evaluation in all areas, except in the language area in 5 patients (38,4 %). After three months of rehabilitation treatment, it was lost that the largest number of patients had a normal assessment in all areas of psychomotor development.

    Conclusions: the rehabilitation treatment in children with delayed psychomotor development showed satisfactory results in all areas of affected development.