THE EFFECTS OF KINESIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF POST GESTATIONAL DIASTASIS OF THE RECTUS ABDOMINAL MUSCLE

Abstract

Physiotherapy plays an active role before, during and after pregnancy, as profound physiological changes occur in the maternal body, and involve different systems. One of the changes in biomechanics in women occurs in the abdominal wall during the period in which the fetus is growing in its body, causing a stretch in the muscles that can lead to the separation of the rectus abdominis muscle, known as diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscle. The objective of this study is to verify, through studies already carried out, the effect of kinesiotherapy in the treatment of post-gestational diastasis. To achieve answers on the topic, a Bibliographic Literature Review was developed, in a qualitative and descriptive manner. Scientific articles were selected from the electronic databases SciELO, MedLine, PEDro and books, with words in Portuguese and English, using as descriptors: “Fisioterapia”, “Diástase”, “Pós gestacional”, “Cinesioterapia”, “Physiotherapy”, “diastasis”, “post gestational”, “kinesiotherapy”. In this study, we used the inclusion criteria for articles that were consistent with the topic studied and research with patients with neurological problems were excluded. Based on these studies, we found that kinesiotherapy is effective in the immediate follow-up of physiotherapy and helps to minimize the pathological processes that develop during pregnancy, such as diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscle, restoring the woman's body image.