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    Corea de huntington en un adulto mayor
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud/Carrera de Terapia Física, 2022-03-01) Barroso Naranjo, Paula Lissette; Ortíz Villalba, Paola Gabriela Lic. Mg.
    The following research is aimed at the analysis of a clinical case belonging to an adult male older than 69 years of age who was diagnosed 5 years ago with Huntington's disease, one of the least common neurodegenerative disorders worldwide and classified as one of the most fatal, giving a prognosis of life between 10 to 15 years after the onset of the disease. A complete analysis of the current state of the patient was carried out to compare the changes that may be obtained with the treatment that has been proposed according to their needs, which was predestined to be developed in a time limit of 3 months, with different daily interventions of anhour. An important step of the treatment that was applied to the patient was to develop several functional activities, which were: swallowing therapy, gait and balance, motor relearning, reeducation of Activities of Daily Living (ADL), passive mobility of upper and lower limbs and music therapy, but as a result no favorable response was obtained due to other types of factors that were specified in the following investigation