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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.; v. 17, n. 4, p. 785-793, 2014-12-00. |
| Abstract | |
OBJECTIVES: To compare balance, mobility and flexibility in elderly women who do not practice physical exercises and who practice aerobic and resistance exercises. METHODS: Fifty-five women between 60 and 81 years were evaluated, divided in four groups based on reported physical activity in the 12 months prior to assessment: Non-Practitioners of Physical Exercise (NPEF; n=22), Practitioners of Aerobic and Resistance Physical Exercise (PEFAR; n=15), Practitioners of Resistance Physical Exercise (PEFR, n=9) and Practitioners of Aerobic Physical Exercises (PEFA, n=9). Balance evaluation was assessed using the Berg Balance Scale; mobility by the Timed Up and Go test and flexibility through the Sit and Reach test. Anova test and Kruskal-Wallis and Newman-Keuls tests were used for normal and non-normal data, respectively. Level of significance was (p<0.05). RESULTS: It was observed that in the mobility test all groups practicing some form of physical activity showed significantly higher performance (p<0.01) than the NPEF group. Flexibility analysis showed that the PEFA group had significantly higher values (p=0.002) when compared to other groups, which indicate better performance. Balance did not show significantly different among other groups (p=0.093). CONCLUSION: Elderly women who practice physical exercise, whether aerobic or resistance, have better mobility than the NPEF; and PEFA had better flexibility than NPEF and practitioners of other forms of physical exercise. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/10575-5 - Comparison of the mobility, flexibility and balance between elderly practicing and elderly non practicing physical exercise |
| Grantee: | Juliana Rodrigues Soares Ruzene |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |