Objective: to understand the experience of families in the care of children with myelomeningocele. Method: a qualitative research study, which adopted Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory as its theoretical and methodological framework, and the semi-structured interview as a data collection instr...
ABSTRACT We aimed to investigate whether infants with myelomeningocele would improve their motor ability and functional independence after ten sessions of physical therapy and compare the outcomes of conventional physical therapy (CPT) to a physical therapy program based on reflex stimulation (RPT). Twel...
Myelomeningocele (MMC) or spina bifida is a defect of the neural tube in which the spinal cord, its envelopes (meninges), and vertebral arches develop abnormally in the beginning of gestation, and owing to this failure of closure there appear a series of congenital defects and associated comorbidies, imp...
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar o cotidiano de cuidados praticados por mães de crianças e de adolescentes com mielomeningocele no domicílio. Métodos Estudo descritivo-exploratório, abordagem qualitativa. Os dados foram coletados com 16 mães de crianças e de adolescentes com mielomeningocele, por meio...
OBJECTIVE: To study the acquisition of independent sitting posture in patients with high lumbar and thoracic myelomeningocele (MMC). METHOD: Cross-sectional study in children aged between 6 months and 4 years with MMC. A research was done in medical records and report cards from children being followed i...
A Mielomeningocele (MMC) é um tipo de malformação congênita da coluna vertebral e medula espinhal, caracterizada por paraplegia flácida e alteração sensitiva abaixo do nível da lesão, acompanhada de comprometimento neurológico, urológico e ortopédico. Os pacientes podem ser classificados func...
