Abstract
Objective: This scientific article presents a literature review study that aimed to understand the main physiotherapeutic techniques used for the treatment of Down Syndrome (DS) and the main results obtained in these researches. Methods: An exploratory study of the literature review type, applying the descriptors "Down Syndrome" and "Physiotherapy" in Portuguese and English in the following databases: CAPES, Scielo, Medline and LILACS, in the timeline of the last 10 years. Results: In the respective databases, 70 researches with these descriptors were computed in the last 10 years, but after the inclusion and exclusion criteria it was found that only 10 articles presented qualitative or quantitative data on the practice of physiotherapy in the treatment of muscle dysfunction or motor carriers (SD). The authors surveyed demonstrated a research trend towards infants, and of the 10 articles 9 were aimed at children and only 1 research for adolescents and adults, showing a lack for the elderly segment. Final Considerations: The research results of these 10 articles indicate that physiotherapeutic treatments that apply multisensory protocols show good results in motor rehabilitation, however, physiotherapists still use techniques considered more traditional as Bobath and Kabat.