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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the long-term effects of a rehabilitation program
using activity-based therapies in daily activities and the participation of
individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). METHOD:
A descriptive study of case
reports assessing the performance of daily activities and quality of life as a
dependent variable, using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the
Short-Form Health Survey
(SF-36), respectively. Seven individuals were included
in the intervention composed of a multimodal intensive therapies program based on
activities (activity-based therapy, ABT) conducted for 18 months. RESULTS: It was
possible to descriptively observe that the individual with the shortest time of
injury and previous training obtained the largest variation in the FIM score. But
no statistically significant difference was found in the assessments. CONCLUSION:
For trained individuals with chronic SCIs, classified "A" according to the
American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), an ABT program did not significantly
affect the scores of the scales used to assess quality of life (SF-36) and functional independence (FIM).

Langue : ANGLAIS