Beneficios de la rehabilitación física y respiratoria en pacientes con enfermedad de Alzheimer
- Rolando Medina, Jorge
- Igual Camacho, Celedonia
- López Gómez, Laura
- Sánchez Frutos, José
- Pérez Moltó, Francisco José
ISSN: 1697-5529
Year of publication: 2010
Issue: 6
Pages: 1-4
Type: Article
More publications in: Majorensis: Revista Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología
Abstract
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a primary degenerative brain disease of unknown etiology, whose clinical manifestation is a progressive loss of memory. From the morphological point of view, is characterized by cerebral cortical atrophy, decreased synaptic connections, reduced neuronal density and the presence of two neuropathological findings that define it: senile plaques (SP) and neurofibrillary tangles (ONF). The SPs are extracellular deposits of amyloid protein material surrounded by dystrophic neurites and microglia and ONF are intraneuronal aggregates of fibrillar material composed of proteins highly phosphorylated microtubule. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of this program for Alzheimer's patients achieve a better quality of life, a relationship with their environment and society, integrating psychomotor activity, respiratory and cinesiterápicas. The exhibition was held with 51 patients attending a day care center. We conclude that there is a slight improvement in the daily activities of patients with Alzheimer's.