LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Home physical exercise program: analysis of the impact on the clinical evolution of patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus

Modesto, Paulo Cesar; Pinto, Fernando Campos Gomes.

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (12), 2019

ABSTRACT Objective: To present a program of home physical exercises for patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and to evaluate adherence, acceptance and applicability; to verify possible changes in patients with NPH in the home physical exercise program, comparing patients with, and without, ...

Actividades Cotidianas, Ejercicio Físico/fisiología, Prueba de Esfuerzo, Terapia por Ejercicio/métodos, Marcha/fisiología, Hidrocéfalo Normotenso/fisiopatología, Hidrocéfalo Normotenso/rehabilitación, Hidrocéfalo Normotenso/cirugía, Pruebas de Estado Mental y Demencia, Equilibrio Postural/fisiología, Calidad de Vida, Valores de Referencia, Reproducibilidad de los Resultados, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Factores de Tiempo, Resultado del Tratamiento, Derivación Ventriculoperitoneal/rehabilitación

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