Characterization of the use of physical activities of children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v24i3p242-249Keywords:
Anemia, sickle cell, Child, Adolescent, Exercise, Occupational therapy, Physical education and training.Abstract
In hereditary anemias, sickle cell disease (SCD) is confi gured as hemolytic anemia autosomal recessive type most prevalent in the world, determined by an altered hemoglobin that cannot be transposed vessels, making with the circulatory system will have problems to carry oxygen to the body. Whereas in Brazilian literature have been weighted only for the description of physical activity for individuals with sickle cell trait, this study sought to investigate and scoring considerations regarding the occupational performance of children/adolescents with SCD to
perform physical activities. A qualitative and exploratory study was performed design procedure as a case study; data were collected through the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) with 13 subjects, children and adolescents diagnosed with SCD. Changes obtained were found in the performance of children and adolescents with SCD related to sports activities,
such as malaise, fatigue, pain and edema. However, it was found that these affections are not understandable for this population, and that there are different degrees of limitation.
