Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ElianeMS_DISSERT.pdf: 1308169 bytes, checksum: b8d50e23c9e0ac50c9a3012fb88a87b4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-20 / Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte / The Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the axial skeleton, leading to limitation of spine mobility and functional disability. Physical therapy, especially exercise, is an important part in your treatment. The Global Postural Reeducation(GPR),a method that uses stretching based on evaluation of muscular chains, with significant interference in postural changes may be a complementary alternative for the treatment of this disease. The aim was to evaluate the effects of Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and compare GPR with group conventional segmental self-stretching and breathing exercises. This is a controlled interventional study of 38 patients divided into 2 groups: a GPR group (n = 22) and a control group (n = 16). Both groups were treated over four months. With the GPR group patients, positions that stretched the shortened muscle chains were used. With the control group patients, conventional segmental self-stretching and breathing exercises were performed. The variables analyzed were: pain intensity, morning stiffness, spine mobility, chest expansion, functional capacity (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Spondyloarthropathies - HAQ-S), quality of life (Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 Healthy Survey-SF-36), and disease activity (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index - BASDAI). Statistical analysis was used with a significance level of p < 0.05. There was a statistically significant difference for all the parameters analyzed between pre and post-treatment in both groups. In the inter-group comparison the GPR group showed a statistically significant improvement in morning stiffness (p = 0.01), spine mobility parameters, except finger-floor distance (p = 0.11), in chest expansion (p = 0.02), and in the physical aspect component of the SF-36 (p = 0.00).Finally, we observed that this sample of patients with AS ,treatment with RPG 60 seems to have a better response in some clinical measures, than the conventional self stretching performed in groups. Further studies are needed to further evaluate this therapeutic alternative in the EA / A Espondilite Anquilosante (EA) ? uma doen?a inflamat?ria cr?nica que acomete principalmente o esqueleto axial, levando ? limita??o da mobilidade da coluna e incapacidade funcional. A fisioterapia, particularmente a cinesioterapia, ? parte importante no seu tratamento. A Reeduca??o Postural Global (RPG), um m?todo que utiliza alongamento baseado em avalia??o de cadeias musculares, com interfer?ncia importante nas altera??es posturais, poder? ser uma alternativa complementar no tratamento dessa doen?a. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos da RPG individual em pacientes com EA e comparar com um programa de auto alongamento convencional e exerc?cios respirat?rios, feitos em grupo. Trata-se de um estudo intervencional controlado, totalizando 38 pacientes com EA, divididos em dois grupos, tratados durante quatro meses: o grupo RPG (n=22) e o grupo controle (n=16). O grupo RPG realizou posturas de alongamento das cadeias musculares e o grupo controle realizou auto- alongamento convencional e exerc?cios respirat?rios em grupo. As vari?veis analisadas foram: intensidade da dor, dura??o da rigidez matinal, mobilidade da coluna, expansibilidade tor?cica, atividade da doen?a (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity ?ndex-BASDAI), capacidade funcional (Health Assessment Questionnaire- Spondyloarthropathies-HAQ-S) e qualidade de vida (Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 Healthy Survey-SF-36). Para a an?lise dos dados foi utilizada um n?vel de signific?ncia de p < 0.05. Os resultados mostraram que houve uma diferen?a estatisticamente significante, em todos os par?metros analisados, em ambos os grupos entre o pr? e p?s- tratamento. xiv Em compara??o ao grupo controle, o grupo RPG mostrou melhora estatisticamente significante na rigidez matinal (p=0.01), nos par?metros da mobilidade da coluna (exceto dist?ncia dedo-ch?o (p=0.11)), na expansibilidade tor?cica (p=0.02) e no componente Aspecto F?sico do SF-36 (p=0.00). Ao final, observamos que, nesta amostra de pacientes com EA, o tratamento com RPG parece ter uma resposta melhor em algumas medidas cl?nicas, do que o auto- alongamento convencional, realizado em grupo. Outros estudos s?o necess?rios para melhor avaliar esta alternativa terap?utica na EA