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Objetivos: visto que a sobrecarga ou pressão inadequada sobre as estruturas do disco intervertebral podem causar degeneração discal, este estudo teve como objetivo, avaliar um modelo experimental da suit therapy sobre os discos intervertebrais do segmento torácico da coluna, avaliando a altura na sua porção anterior, medial e posterior, como também da altura do núcleo pulposo. Métodos: 30 ratos Wistar, foram separados em 5 grupos (G1 – controle; G2 – simulação do uso da suit; G3 – 2 horas com a suit; G4 –2 horas com peso adaptado; G5 – 2 horas com a vestimenta e bandas de tração). Foi confeccionado um modelo experimental da vestimenta, tipo macacão terapêutico. O experimento teve duração de 4 semanas, com a colocação da vestimenta em 5 dias consecutivos, com pausa de 2 dias. Ao final o segmento torácico da coluna vertebral foi dissecado na região do cruzamento das bandas elásticas, entre T7 e T10. Os segmentos foram fixados em formol, clivados longitudinalmente, no plano mediano, tendo como base os processos espinhosos, seccionados em espessura de 7 μm, e corados em Hematoxilina Eosina (HE). As imagens foram obtidas por fotomicrografia e analisadas as alturas nas regiões anterior, média e posterior do disco, e ainda, a altura do núcleo pulposo. Resultados: não houve diferença significativa, na mensuração das alturas avaliadas. Conclusão: Conforme o protocolo, de compressão do disco, apresentado não houve alterações morfométricas do disco intervertebral torácico de ratos Wistar.

| Ligaments adapt according to the intensity of physical activity and mechanical load to which they are subjected. In the last decade there have been methods and protocols in the field of infant neurofunctional physiotherapy, which have the term "suit" in common, to characterize the existence of suits with adjustable elastic bands and the possibility of applying load on the human skeleton. Since the mechanical load can produce fibrocartilaginous changes on the ligaments and also that no studies evaluating the effect of suit therapy on ligaments of the spine were found, research with experimental methods of load are justified. The aim of this study was to analyze thickness and morphology of longitudinal ligaments of the spine of Wistar rats when subjected to mechanical load by vertebral compression. Thirty animals were separated into five groups (G1 -control; G2 -simulation of the use of suit; G3, G4, and G5 -maintenance of the suit). The suit experimental model, in G4 and G5, were adapted weights or elastic bands arranged in "X" for 50% of spinal overload of the weight of the animal, who remained with the suit for 40 hours over four weeks of experiment, five days a week.There were no significant differences for thickness, and morphological changes of longitudinal ligaments were also not observed. We concluded that there were no changes in longitudinal ligaments of the spine in animals subjected to the experimental model of suit therapy. RESUMEN | Pueden adaptarse los ligamentos a la intensidad de la actividad física y a la carga mecánica sometida a ellos. En la última década, han surgido métodos y protocolos en el área de fisioterapia neurofuncional infantil que tienen en común el término "suit" para caracterizar la existencia de ropas con bandas elásticas ajustables y la posibilidad de aplicación de cargas en el esqueleto humano. Debido a que la carga mecánica puede producir alteraciones fibrocartilaginosas en los ligamentos y que no han sido encontrados estudios que evaluaron el efecto de la terapia suit en los ligamentos de la columna vertebral, las investigaciones con métodos experimentales de carga son necesarias. Este estudio tiene el propósito de evaluar las espesuras y la morfología de los ligamentos longitudinales de la columna vertebral de ratas Wistar cuando sometida a carga mecánica por compresión vertebral. Se dividieron treinta ratas en cinco grupos (G1 -grupo control; G2 -simulación de la utilización del suit; G3, G4, G5 -mantenimiento de la ropa).Desde el modelo experimental del suit, en el G4 y G5 se adaptaron pesos o elásticos puestos en "X" para la sobrecarga vertebral de 50% del peso de los animales, los cuales permanecieron con la ropa durante cuarenta horas, al largo de cuatro semanas de experimento, en cinco días semanales. No fueron observadas diferencias significativas para la espesura, tampoco cambios morfológicos en los ligamentos longitudinales. Se concluye que no se observaron alteraciones en los ligamentos longitudinales de la columna vertebral de los animales sometidos al ...

Aim To evaluate the effects of neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Methods This prospective, interventional cohort study involved children with CZS undergoing follow‐up at a specialist centre in northeastern Brazil. The duration of the proposed NDT protocol was 1 year, with 45‐min sessions delivered one to five times weekly. Motor function, weight, height, head circumference and the incidence of comorbidities were evaluated in children before protocol initiation and then at 3, 6 and 12 months of treatment. Results Thirty children were evaluated (age mean 30.1 ± 3 months). Motor function improved from baseline to 6 months (P = 0.001). No difference in weight and head circumference z‐score (P = 0.51 and P = 0.29, respectively), but an increase in height z‐score (P < 0.001) was observed over the evaluation period. There was a reduction in the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia and urinary tract infections over the follow‐up period. Conclusions NDT proved to be a viable treatment approach that can improve motor function and reduce the incidence of comorbidities in children with CZS, while having no harmful effects on their growth.