Estereotipias motoras: sintoma ou linguagem?

Abstract

Motor stereotypes occur in a multitude of cases, although they are often associated with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). These stereotypes are commonly manifested in other specificities, such as in the case of people with visual impairment, senility, but there are still few Brazilian studies that deal with this subject in its diversity. We have as general objective to investigate the conception of motor stereotypes in the area of knowledge of the Health Sciences of CNPq, for this, we carry out a study of documentary character and bibliographic nature through a survey of scientific articles, dissertations and theses, in the databases: Scielo, Bireme, Google Scholar using the descriptors: (i) motor stereotypes; (ii) motor stereotypes and language; (iii) motor stereotypes, language and symptoms. We gave preference to articles published nationwide, as well as to works published from 2015 to 2019. In almost all of them, the results shown in the areas of Health Sciences were that, in the works consulted, motor stereotypes are seen as decontextualized repetitive movements, and considered as a symptom, with few allusions to language. It was also found that the medical field has the highest concentration of work on stereotypes and that its conception as a symptom prevails mainly linked to autism. To a lesser extent, the relationship between stereotypes as symptoms or behaviors was verified in other instances, such as dementia and Rett Syndrome.