The influence of knee osteoarthritis on the balance and gait of elderly individuals

• Autor(a) principal: Salemi, Marianna de Melo
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Vanessa Maria da Silva Alves, Monte, Juliana Alves do, Lopes, Augusto Cesar Bezerra, Monte, Eudson José Santos do, Queiroz, Harrison Euller Vasconcelos, Carvalho, Valéria Conceição Passos de, Barros, Marina de Lima Neves, Uchôa , Érica Patrícia Borba Lira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18735
• topic: Balance; Elderly; Gait; Osteoarthritis.; Equilibrio; Ancianos; Marcha; Osteoartrosis.; Equilíbrio; Idosos; Marcha; Osteoartrose.

Aim: To affect the influence that osteoarthrosis has on the balance and gait of elderly patients. Method: This is an observational study in elderly people of both genders with diagnosed knee osteoarthritis. Initially, a lecture was held on the objectives of the study and after signing the Informed Consent Term, the collection of sociodemographic data was carried out; pain assessment using the visual analogue scale; balance assessment using the Berg Balance Scale, mobility and gait assessment using the Time Up and Go and Tinetti Test. Results: Eleven elderly people with osteoarthritis, all female, with a mean age of 75.6 years, were selected for the study. There was a correlation between increasing age and worsening mobility and balance in the elderly. Conclusion: It was concluded in this research, that aging is a physiological and progressive process, in which several body systems are compromised, mainly the musculoskeletal system. Aspects such as balance and morbidity have a strong relationship with advancing age and may have physical and psychological impairment.