Percusión, ritmo y movimiento: facilitadores del proceso de rehabilitación del paciente laringectomizado / Percussion, rhythm and movement: Facilitators of the laringectomized patient rehabilitation process

Introducción: la voz humana en sus variadas manifestaciones, como el habla, el canto y otras producciones sonoras, es una forma de canalizar y expresar nuestras emociones, ideas, pensamientos y de vincularnos con los demás. El paciente laringectomizado total se ve privado de su voz natural. En su proceso de rehabilitación deberá aprender habilidades de comunicación funcional que le permitan desarrollar una buena calidad de vida. Material y método: 4 talleres con frecuencia trimestral, en el transcurso de un año. Participaron 21 pacientes laringectomizados, con edad promedio de 62 años. Actividades propuestas: Ejercicios de relajación activa y alineación postural, automasajes cervicofaciales y ejercitación de respiración costo-diafragmática. Percusión corporal e instrumental con variaciones rítmicas asociadas al movimiento. Ejercicios de asociación de cualidades sonoras vinculadas a la producción oral y cantada. En cada taller se administró un cuestionario escrito. Resultados: Mediante la ejercitación respiratoria se logró un mejor dominio del soplo aéreo pulmonar evitando sonidos silbantes durante la espiración. Las actividades rítmicas favorecieron el reconocimiento, la reproducción y la sincronización de movimientos corporales. Las actividades de percusión asociadas a la emisión de la palabra permitieron que el patrón rítmico acompañe a la producción de las mismas. El 100% de los pacientes manifestaron disfrute por la actividad propuesta. Entre los beneficios obtenidos mencionaron: mejoramiento del humor, sensación de bienestar corporal, mejoras en la comunicación. Conclusiones: La implementación de técnicas de relajación, alineación postural y respiración junto a actividades asociadas al ritmo y al movimiento contribuyen notoriamente a la calidad de vida de estos pacientes.

Introduction: the human voice in its varied manifestations, such as speech, singing and other sound productions are a way of channeling and expressing our emotions, ideas, thoughts and to bond with others. The total laryngectomized patient is deprived of his natural voice. In your rehabilitation process you must learn functional communication skills that allow you to develop a good quality of life. Material and method: 4 workshops with quarterly frequency, in the course of one year. 21 laryngectomized patients participated, with a mean age of 62 years. Proposed activities: Exercises of active relaxation and postural alignment, cervicofacial self-masagges and cost-diaphragmatic breathing exercises. Body and instrumental percussion with rhythmic variations associated with movement. Association exercises of sound qualities linked to the production of syllables, words, phrases, rhymes and popular songs. In each workshop, a written questionnaire was administered to respond anonymously. Results: By means of the respiratory exercises, a better control of the aerial lung breath was obtained avoiding hissing sounds during the expiration. The rhythmic activities favored the recognition, reproduction and synchronization of body movements. The percussion activities associated with the emission of the word allowed the rhythmic pattern to accompany the production of the same. 100% of patients expressed their enjoyment of the proposed activity. Among the benefits obtained mentioned: improvement of the mood, sensation of corporal well-being, improvements in the communication. Conclusions: the implementation of relaxation techniques, postural alignment and breathing along with activities associated with rhythm and movement contribute to the quality of life of these patients.

Reabilitação fonatória do laringectomizado total: utilização de toxina botulínica na voz tráqueo-esofágica com prótese fonatória / Botulinum toxin in speech rehabilitation with voice prosthesis after total laryngectomy

Na punção tráqueo-esofágica(PTE) é realizada miotomia do músculo constritor da faringe, mas sua necessidade é entre 9 por cento a 79 por cento dos pacientes. Sua realização pode aumentar as taxas de fístula salivar no pós-operatório. A aplicação da TB é ambulatorial. OBJETIVO: Análise da eficácia da aplicação de toxina botulínica (TB), na reabilitação do laringectomizado total com voz tráqueo-esofágica(VTE) com espasmo(E) do segmento faringo-esofágico (SFE) sem miotomia. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Análise de oito pacientes submetidos à laringectomia total (LT), reabilitados com VTE com prótese fonatória (PF), esforço para emissão de voz devido à E do SFE. Todos submetidos a tratamento dessa alteração motora com injeção de 100 unidades de TB no SFE. A avaliação constituiu-se de análise perceptiva de voz, videofluoroscopia (VF) do SFE, análise acústica de voz e manometria computadorizada (MC) do SFE, todos antes e após aplicação de TB. DESENHO DE ESTUDO: Estudo prospectivo. RESULTADOS: Houve diminuição na pressão à MC do SFE, após a injeção de TB. Análise acústica demonstrou melhora na qualidade de harmônicos após o tratamento. Houve emissão de voz sem esforço e melhora do E após o uso da TB. CONCLUSÃO: Todos os pacientes com E do SFE apresentaram melhora vocal após aplicação da TB neste SFE.

In tracheo esophageal puncture (TEP), we carry out a myotomy of the pharynx constrictor muscle; however, about 9 to 79 percent of patients need such procedure. The consequence of such procedure is an increase in salivary fistula rates in the postoperative. Botulin toxin is used in an outpatient basis. AIM: analyzing the efficacy of botulin toxin (BT) use in the rehabilitation of totally laryngectomized patients with tracheo-esophageal voice (TEV) with spasms (S) of the pharyngo-esophageal segment (PES) without myotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed eight patients submitted to total laryngectomy (TL), rehabilitated with TEV, with speech prosthesis (SP) and struggle to utter voice because of PES spasms. They were all submitted to treatment of such motor alteration with the injection of 100 units of BT in the PES. The evaluation was based on perceptive voice analysis, video fluoroscopy (VF) of the PES, acoustic voice analysis and computerized manometry (CM) of the PES, all before and after BT injection. STUDY DESIGN: prospective. Results: There was a reduction in PES CM pressure after BT injection. Acoustic analysis showed an improvement in harmonics quality after treatment. There was smoother voice utterance and spasm improvement after BT. CONCLUSION: all patients with PES spasms presented vocal improvement after BT injection in the PES.