Efeito de um programa de treinamento funcional na melhoria das atividades instrumentais da vida diária, em um indivíduo com lesão no ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA)

Abstract

Functional training programs can help reduce disability, strengthen muscles, improve balance and other benefits. The objective of the study was to verify the effect of a two-month program of functional exercises on a man, evaluating the impact on instrumental activities of daily living (AIVD) and unipodal balance. From this case study a male volunteer (22 years old) presented with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) lesion in the right knee. The volunteer responded to Lawton's questionnaire and underwent a one-time support test before and after the program. The program consisted of straight walking exercises, climbing and descending ramp, wall squatting (reduced range), unipodal work on unstable platform, standing jumps on the jump, calf, extensor and leg press. The results indicate an improvement in the functional level (Lawton index) after the program, which changed from 26 to 14 points and a tendency to improve the unipodal balance, where the two lower limbs assessed before and after the program obtained better results in seconds. In this way it appears to be a valid form of recovery for injured ACL people.