Intervenção psicomotora no desenvolvimento infantil: uma revisão integrativa

Objective: Understand the effects of psychomotor intervention in children with neuropsychomotor developmental delay. Methods: This study is an integrative review of the scientific literature. For the research, articles were searched in the following databases: PubMed, PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), VHL (Virtual Health Library). CAPES Journals Portal and Web of Science, from December 2018 to January 2019, and the Research gate were consulted in January 2019. Results: A total of 867 articles were found, of which 142 were excluded due to non-compliance with the inclusion criteria and 33 were read in full. The study consisted of 7 articles selected according to the criteria, which showed that psychomotricity contributes positively to child development. Conclusion: The contribution of structured psychomotor intervention, despite the heterogeneity of protocols adopted, has positive results in the neuropsychomotor development process in childhood, being a usable resource to recover or prevent delays in child development.