Anosognosia : imagem corporal na hemiplegia / Anosognosia: body image in hemiplegia

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

People carrying any physical deficiency can suffer some kind of alteration in their body image. The individuals with hemiplegia having motor loss and sensitivity alterations in a side of the body can suffer alterations in their body image that are either temporary or definitive . In order to achieve a better knowledge about body image in hemiplegia we needed to develop a literature revision on these complex and intricate relations. Indeed, concepts and arguments regarding body image with its physiological, affective or libidinal and social aspects in relation to hemiplegia were reported, as well as the relation of this body change due to a neurological sequel of some neurological aspects as the anosognosia, and affective and social aspects of body image. The bibliographical research was carried through in following databases: Web Spirs, Web of Science, Bireme, Acervus (Unicamp) and Cruesp; where there are the bases Medline, Sport discus, Psycinfo, Lilacs, Scielo, Biological Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts among others. The choice of the respective bases was made after an election among the ones connected with Biological and Health Sciences. In the bases the selected languages were: English, Portuguese and Spanish. The research was made by subject, and some word-keys were used: "body image and hemiplegia", "body image and anosognosia" and "body image and stroke". Through the analysis and organization of the materials found and chosen to this thesis, we emphasized some aspects that had prominence in the studies, as the anosognosia. Based in the found results in the bibliographical research the content was organized in three subjects: body image and physical deficiency, neurological aspects of the body image, and psychological and social aspects of the body image, all related to the hemplegia.

ASSUNTO(S)

hemiplegia imagem corporal anosognosia anosognosia body image hemiplegia

ACESSO AO ARTIGO

Documentos Relacionados