Balance, autonomy and functional independence of active and sedentary elderly: a preliminary study

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Arthur Matheus da
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Castro, Luiz Fernando Alves de, Botelho, Aline do Carmo França, Santos, Danielle Rodrigues dos, Frutuoso, Jecilene Rosana Costa, Marques, Amélia Pasqual, Bachur, Cynthia Antonia Kallas, Bachur, José Alexandre
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Kairós (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/26632
• topic: Idoso; Capacidade funcional; Exercícios físicos.; Old-aged; Functional capacity; Physical exercise.

Both the body balance (BB), as the functional autonomy (FA) and the level of functional independence (FI) of 10 sedentary elderly (GI) were evaluated and compared to related data in 10 active elderly (GII), all of the health program family in Araxá-MG), after signing the informed consent, were submitted to the evaluation tests of the EC, the AF and the NIF, besides the identification of BMI. Although body overweight and equal NIF between both the EC and AF were significantly higher in GII than in GI, we concluded that the practice of therapeutic exercise promotes functional health in the elderly.