Laís Rodrigues Gerzson

Weekly frequency of a motor intervention program for day care babies

178 Mailing address: Carla Skilhan de Almeida – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Rua Felizardo, 750 – Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil – CEP: 90620-200 Phone: +55 (51) 98066352 – E-mail: carlasilhan@gmail.com – Financing source: Nothing to declare – Conflict of interest: Nothing to declare Presentation: May 2015 Accepted for publication: Apr. 2016. Approved by Research Ethics Comittee under protocol no. 20854. DOI: 10.1590/1809-2950/14923223022016

La frecuencia semanal de un programa de intervención motora en bebés

178 Mailing address: Carla Skilhan de Almeida – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Rua Felizardo, 750 – Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil – CEP: 90620-200 Phone: +55 (51) 98066352 – E-mail: carlasilhan@gmail.com – Financing source: Nothing to declare – Conflict of interest: Nothing to declare Presentation: May 2015 Accepted for publication: Apr. 2016. Approved by Research Ethics Comittee under protocol no. 20854. DOI: 10.1590/1809-2950/14923223022016

Frequência semanal de um programa de intervenção motora para bebês de berçário

178 Mailing address: Carla Skilhan de Almeida – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Rua Felizardo, 750 – Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil – CEP: 90620-200 Phone: +55 (51) 98066352 – E-mail: carlasilhan@gmail.com – Financing source: Nothing to declare – Conflict of interest: Nothing to declare Presentation: May 2015 Accepted for publication: Apr. 2016. Approved by Research Ethics Comittee under protocol no. 20854. DOI: 10.1590/1809-2950/14923223022016

Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dysmenorrhea is a word derived from the Greek language and means difficult menstrual cycle. It may be classified as primary, leading to poorer quality of life indices of several women. This study aimed at investigating, by means of literature review, the efficacy and accuracy of existing therapies for primary dysmenorrhea, specifically in Physiotherapy.CONTENTS:Narrative literature review by querying electronic databases Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Cochrane library, PEDro and Pubmed), where articles were selected and analyzed from August 2013 to February 2014. For data collection, materials from 2005 to current literature were included using the following keywords: “dysmenorrhea”, “physiotherapy” and their Portuguese equivalent “dismenorreia” and “fisioterapia”, combining them with the operators AND and OR.CONCLUSION:Studies were found describing the use of thermotherapy, cryotherapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and connective tissue massage, Pilates and acupuncture with improvement of such womens symptoms. However, it is clear the need for studies regarding physiotherapeutic maneuvers with further methodological rigor.