Physical activity with therapeutic purposes for the rehabilitation of the elderly adult with functional scoliosis (Original)

Abstract

In current Cuban society, community rehabilitation through physical exercises has gained singular vitality in the face of the population aging phenomenon and is considered a way for the prolongation of life and as a therapy against many diseases. The present study intends to offer a set of activities that have been shown to be the most adequate to solve the existing deficiencies in the rehabilitation process of the elderly with functional scoliosis through the practice of physical exercises. This proposal is based on a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out in December of 2017 and which had as main instruments for the collection of information the interview, the survey and the participant observation. The diagnosis revealed the insufficiencies in the process of physical rehabilitation of the elderly with functional scoliosis and the need for a greater intersectoral relationship (Public Health / Sports) to avoid further damage. In addition to the four proposed exercises, which proved to be ideal for both patients and their therapists, a series of obligatory methodological indications are also systematized to be taken into account for work with this population sector.