Análise do nível de atividade física entre idosos ativos e sedentários

• Autor(a) principal: Valença, Karolyne de Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional do UniCEUB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.uniceub.br/jspui/handle/235/10777
• topic: Atividade física; Envelhecimento; Idoso; Physical activity; Aging; Elderly

Introduction: We know that aging is a phenomenon that affects all human beings and that physical activity is a great benefit for a stable life, physical activity has many health benefits and for day to day while maintaining ease of move around and have a healthy life, preventing common diseases in the aging process. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the importance of exercise for seniors, between practitioners and non-practitioners. Sample: This study is characterized as a cross of an exploratory nature, with a sample of 30 elderly, 15 practitioners and 15 non-physically active, all over 65 years. Material and Methods: the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short version was applied, the IPAQ was proposed by the International Group for Consensus on measures of physical activity, constituted under the auspices of the World Health Organization. Results: Based on the level of physical activity each group was observed that the elderly practitioners of regular exercise exhibited a higher level of physical activity. In relation to sedentary behavior, there was no significant difference between the groups during the time sitting on a week day and weekend. Conclusions: In the study it was revealed that physically active older people have a better quality of life and more active in both physical activity and the daily tasks, to physically inactive elderly shows that do not exercise even daily activities, are very sedentary and sitting over time the two groups are almost the same time sitting, it is already considered inactive.