Correlation of spasticity with functionality of spastic individuals after physiotherapy treatment associated with herbal medicine derived from alpinia zerumbet

Spasticity interferes with the individual functionality that sometimes needs to be medicated and perform physiotherapy. Study aimed to correlate functionality with spasticity in spastic subjects after treatment of physiotherapy, associated with herbal medicine derived from Alpinia zerumbet. In clinical monocentric and prospective were analyzed 20 subjects after one month of treatment with physiotherapy associated with herbal medicine. Analyzed was International Classification of Functioning (ICF), Independence Measure Funcional instrument (Enviro FIM-motor tasks™) and Ashworth Scale (ASH) through Wilcoxon test, Correlation Pearson and Chi-Square, considering p<0.05. Was found compromised in the ICF strength function with tetraparesis (57%) severe spasticity (42.8%); moderate muscle structure (55.5%); partial strength was (100%), on both sides (88%); moderate disability to activity (83.3%) and participation (66.6%) in arm and hand; and for environmental factors, the drug was intense facilitator (45%). Before and after treatment there were correlation in the lower scores FIM- motor tasks™ with greater severity in function domain strength (r=-0.71; p=0.0009; r=-0,56, p=0,014); and without correlation in the ASH, after treatment (r=-0,05; p=0,75). Was possible to verify that herbal medicine associated with physiotherapy contributed for the increase of individual functionality with sequels due of the Pyramidal Syndrome (PS).