AVALIAÇÃO FISIOTERAPÊUTICA AQUÁTICA PARA CRIANÇAS: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

AQUATIC PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSESSMENT FOR CHILDREN: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

The human development process is complex, dynamic, and needs special attention during childhood. As a result, physiotherapeutic methods of evaluation are necessary to monitor, measure, and compare the evolution of comportments and motor skills. Diverse possibilities of experiences and learning in watery are created by Aquatic Physiotherapy with children, allowing a playful approach. The objective of this research is to track studies of aquatic intervention programs in the literature, seeking to identify assessment methods that have been used and applied to children, both in the aquatic environment and on the ground, through integrative review. This paper's objective is to search studies of aquatic intervention programs in literature and identify evaluation methods in water or soil. The paper is an integrative review article in which the articles were selected by keywords exchange that occurred in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) database. The search found 34 papers, of which 6 met the criteria, and those were the articles selected for reading in full. After reading, one document had aquatic evaluation as a subject, which evidences a lack of evaluation methods in this environment, mainly with children, pointing out the need for studies about new forms of aquatic assessment.