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Abstract:

Aims: This study talk about the importance of physical therapy in the treatment for the children with Down’s syndrome.  It’s a genetic disease causes by a trisomy in the 21 chromosome. It’s almost associated to the mother’s age. The probabilities of a 20 year old women to have a Down’s children is 1 over 200 births, but in a 45 year old women increase to 1 over 20. The people who have this alteration are mentally impaired and have physical features like flat and broad face and diminished muscle tone. My purpose is explained how the physical therapist help to this children, in what areas and why is the importance of this treatment.

Methods: A group of physical therapist studied the disease and the physical consequences of it. They developed treatments for neuronal, muscularly and respiratory alterations. To prove it, they treated 100 children with this disease between 0 and 10 years of age.

Results: children’s muscle tone got better; they improved their coordination, their relations, their body weight and presented less respiratory infections. All the children showed improvements, but the newborns had remarkable changes.

The 10 year old children improved too, not in a significant way.

Conclusions: The Physical therapy treatment is very important and is necessary start with it as soon as possible. It improves coordination and educates the patients by stimulation, maintain appropriate body weight, maintain good hygiene to avoid infections and bronquial secretions and control aerobics exercise by training on cardiac and respiratory work.

The importance of physical therapy in Down's syndrome's treatment

I’m going to talk about the importance of physical therapy in the treatment for the children with Down’s syndrome.

It’s an interesting topic because most people think that physical therapy only repairs   bones or joints, but it’s much more than that.

Down’s syndrome is a genetic disease, caused by a trisomy in the 21th chromosome. Persons who have this alteration are mentally retarded and have recognizable physical features.

I will name these children’s special features to clarify the importance of physical therapy treatments.

I’m going to mention techniques and procedures used on children with this disease.

Finally I will conclude how important physical therapy is for Down’s syndrome treatment.  

myself

 My name is Maria Jesús González and I am 18 years old. I 'm studying physical therapy in  the Universidad de Chile and in a few weeks I have found very good friends there. I  always have a good time with them.
My school was Sagrado Corazón Monjas Inglesas.I met very good people there too and I spent 14 years of my life there. Obviously that place teached me a lot of things that I appreciate very much.
 I grew up in a big family, we are 7 brothers and sisters so all the memories of my childhood are great moments with them. I have a big sister and a big brother and we always played together. I could spend all the writing space of this post explaining all the games that we did. The next 3 also played toghether and the little one always had and still has someone to play with.
 I am 1,68 m. tall, and have brown hair and eyes. I'm not a very easy person to know, I try to keep my things for myself, I don't like to talk too much about me or about my feelings. So, I'm not a person full of friends, but I have very good ones.