Intervención fisioterapéutica de las enfermedades neuromusculares en la unidad de cuidados intensivos

Abstract

Neuromuscular Diseases (NMD) are a group of more than 150 neurological diseases, progressive due to a primary or secondary alteration of the neuromuscular junction, the anterior horn of the spinal cord and the peripheral nerve, its main characteristic is the loss of generalized muscle strength, these can occur both in childhood and in adulthood; leading patients to the intensive care unit; in the recovery, there must be a respiratory and physical rehabilitation program that must be adapted to the needs of each one of them, being essential that the patients are instructed on the different techniques, in this way co-responsible to maintain a daily therapeutic routine; the rehabilitation programs must be carried out and directed initially by a physiotherapist with knowledge in physiotherapy of the thorax and others to adapt the techniques to be performed to the clinical situation of the patient.