Esporte e ocupação humana: um olhar da Terapia Ocupacional

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to reflect on how sport can favor human occupation as a tool for social interaction, health and an optimizer of the occupational role. Method: This work is a scope review and followed Prisma Portuguese Flow Diagram as recommendations. Original articles were considered for this study, without language restriction or publication time that addressed the actions of Occupational Therapy in sport and parasports, influence of sports practice in some occupation area or that sought to understand the daily activities of parathletes. Results: 742 articles were found, of which 8 were duplicates and 734 were for the proposed topic after reading the titles and abstracts. Selected 26 for reading in the integration, available in the inclusion of 5 articles included in a qualitative summary, which bring a perspective of the benefits of the parade and the perspective of occupational therapy. Conclusion: It is concluded that the effects of sport are biopsychosocial, favoring the gain of social, motor, psychic and sensory skills, which consequently facilitates the subject's performance in activities of daily living.