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Study of Occupational Therapist's approaches in persons with ataxia

Authors

  • Miguel Ángel Martínez Montesinos Laboratorio de Diagnóstico Clínico.
  • Marcos Martínez Pino
Vol. 17 No. 2 (2017): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2017.48084

Abstract

Ataxia is a type of movement disorder characterized by disturbances of balance and coordination, commonly produced by cerebellar dysfunction. The majority of people who suffer from it suffer from sequelae that limit or hinder their autonomy to perform the Activities of Daily Life (ADL), affecting their occupational performance. The present study has as main objective to explore the existing literature on Occupational Therapy (OT) interventions in the ADL of patients with ataxia.The bibliographic search was carried out in the databases Pubmed, Spanish Index of Social Sciences and Humanities (ISOC), Spanish Medical Index (IME), Psicodoc, the search portal of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Google Scholar. Finally, we analyzed a total of 6 articles in English and Spanish published since 2000, which presented clinical trials related to the search topic.There is little evidence of the benefit of OT interventions in these patients, although it should be noted that the functional gains obtained through the intervention are maintained in more than half of the patients, and it is important to establish a training in ADL for to promote independence and autonomy as long as possible. Further scientific studies are needed to generate further evidence of the positive performance of OT interventions in people with ataxia

Keywords:

Activity Daily Living, Ataxia, Intervention, Occupational Therapy

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Martínez Montesinos, M. Ángel, & Martínez Pino, M. (2017). Study of Occupational Therapist’s approaches in persons with ataxia. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 17(2), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2017.48084
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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