Do equilíbrio em escolares

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Schirmer, Bruna de Franceschi
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; BR; Fonoaudiologia; UFSM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana
• Palavras-chave em Português: Criança; Tontura; Desenvolvimento infantil; Aprendizagem; Child; Dizziness; Child development; Learning; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FONOAUDIOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/6528

This research had the objective of proposing an otoneurological anamneses focused on children, and describing the profile of body balance in children from five to 13 years old, with the help of the "FOAM-LASER" Dynamic Posturography. This research included 253 children aged from five to 13 years, who attend public schools in Santa Maria RS; all of these individuals presented the Term of Free and Informed Consent signed by their parents or caretakers. After the permission of the school principals, an objective questionnaire was sent to school students and their parents. The questions were elaborated considering the literature on balance to investigate complaints related to the balance in school students. From the 253 subjects who answered to the questionnaires, 96 were submitted to the "FOAM-LASER" Dynamic Posturography, instrument which helps in the diagnosis of the change in postural balance; all data underwent statistical analysis. Considering the results related to these questionnaires, it was observed association between dizziness complaint and tendency to fall, sideways deviation when walking, difficulty playing, being very quiet, irritable, distracted, having trouble sleeping, fear of height, headache, having tinnitus, but listening well and presenting difficulty in learning, difficulty in reading, difficulty in writing, difficulty in understanding. These features can assist the diagnosis of childhood vestibular showing that this instrument can be adopted for such purpose. In relation to the results of "FOAM-LASER" Dynamic Posturography, it was verified that postural balance improved while children grew up and their systems matured. Furthermore, it is noted that the TOS III and VI are the ones that present greater variation during child development.