Efeitos da fisioterapia preventiva em atletas: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Introduction: Preventive physical therapy is a great ally in the promotion of health for both athletes, children, adults and the elderly. This type of therapy is widely used in professional athletes, as well as amateurs, who seek to minimize the risk of injury while practicing their sports modalities. Objective: The present study aims to investigate the effects of preventive physical therapy in the sports, presenting its function and attributions in the care of the athletes. Methodology: The research is a bibliographical review, carried out in the databases PEDro, Medline and Lilacs, in articles from 2008 to 2018, focusing on articles that bring preventive physical therapy in the spastic lesions. Results: We found 09 articles within the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Conclusion: It is of great importance to identify ways to improve the performance of athletes, avoiding that they suffer damage to their health as to their performance, therefore, physiotherapy becomes very capable in this context of providing athletes with physical and psychological well-being , in order to enable them to carry out their activities more safely and effectively.