Recursos fisioterapêuticos para o tratamento da cãimbra do escrivão: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Writer’s cramp, or task-specific hand dystonia, involves severe disabling in executing the activities needed at the patient’s job. Physiotherapy is an option of treatment, through the use of many resources. This review aimed to provide scientific foundation about the physiotherapeutic treatment for the pathology, being constituted by literary works published from January, 1996 to September, 2006, in databases Medline, Lilacs and PEDro, in portuguese, english and spanish. The resources described were: cooling by immersion, TENS (transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation), biofeedback, orthosis, immobilization, sensory training and motor training. After the study it was concluded that a better exploration of this therapeutic option is required. Making a treatment protocol starting from the latest researches is still kind of impracticable considering the shortage of publications on the appropriate therapeutic management of a disease with an important impact in the individual’s daily life.