INTRODUCTION: The pregnancy high pressure syndromes (PHS) characterize a pregnancy of high risk, occurring in 10% to 22% of the pregnancies, and being related to it the clinical complications to mother and baby. OBJECTIVES: This work had for general objective to carry through a bibliographical research on the effect of the physical therapy treatment in the daily before eclampsia and, in specific, to evaluate the effect of the physical therapy treatment in the reduction of the arterial pressure in pregnancy that present risk factors to develop the daily before eclampsia. METHODOLOGY: The October of 2005 was carried through a bibliographical research in the period of November of 2009, having as source of research electronic Bireme, Portal of Search databases, and particular library. RESULTS: Twenty-one references between books and index national and international periodic with period of publication between 1998 and 2008 had been found. CONCLUSIONS: It was verified that the physical therapy plays an important role in the treatment of PHS, mainly in those pregnancies that present high pressure systemic before the pregnancy, therefore the aerobic exercise also contributes so that the levels of arterial pressure are controlled, and it is also the physiotherapist oriented as the changes in habits of life so that the risk factors are diminished.
Hypertension pregnancy-induced; Before eclampsia; Physical therapy