Esclerodermia localizada: tratamento fisioterapêutico

Resumo (EN)

The localized scleroderma is an entity characterized by the infiltration and the denseness of the skin. It has asymmetrical distribution, without the involvement of the internal organs, but which can lead to, in some cases, to an important jeopardizing of the patient esthetics. The target of this presente work had been to demonstrate the contribution of the physiotherapy over the treatment of the localized scleroderma, by means of the accompaniment of a specific clinical case, taking in account a female patient with 10 years old, beaming the superior members, lower trunk and members jeopardized, which has presented the first symptoms by the 8 years old. In her treatment were employed the following physiotherapeutic resources: electro thermo phototherapy, cinesiotherapy, mass therapy and hydrotherapy, wherein was achieved the improvement on the functional recovering, making possible to the patient to carry out or perform her activities with readiness, together with the keeping of the movements amplitude or range (ADM), over all degrees of the evaluated articulations according to the data gathered from the goniometry. As a matter of fact, is possible to conclude that to make use of physiotherapeutic resources in this pathology is satisfactory, it being extremely important the knowledge of the techniques by professional.