Abstract

Motor neuron disease is a term used in several clinical syndromes, among them Progressive Bulbar Paralysis, a rare degenerative and progressive disease of rapid evolution and loss of early respiratory muscle strength. The characteristics are dysphonia, dysphagia, dysarthria, inability in bronchial hygiene, wheezing breaths and atrophy of the tongue musculature, affecting chewing, the grinding of food is increasingly difficult, affecting chewing, causing a potentially disabling and debilitating disease. This study aimed to describe a clinical case of an individual with a clinical diagnosis of Progressive Bulbar Paralysis in Propaedeutics at the Clinical School of the Faculty of the Alto Paranaíba-MG region. The object of study was a 57-year-old male, who underwent an initial physical therapy evaluation and was collected with maximum physiological pressure: maximum inspiratory pressure, maximum expiratory pressure, Borg CR-10 scale, heart rate (HR), respiratory pressure (RF), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), peripheral oxygen saturation (SPO2). Then, follow a course of action in accordance with the provisions of the literature on the performance of the disease. The results found in this study are satisfactory, for all eight variables analyzed, with the possibility of highlighting the variable Borg CR-10 as the most satisfactory variable compared.

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