Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls
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Resumo: | Maintaining physical exercise in the elderly is fundamental, as it strengthens physical fitness, increases autonomy, reduces imbalance and reduces risk of falls. Thus, it is important to identify the risk of falls in the elderly and to determine correlations between this risk, sedentarism/ physical activity (PA) and body mass index (BMI). It is a cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational and quantitative study. A non-probabilistic sample consisted of 124 elderly individuals, 68 females and 56 males, aged 65-88 years (M = 71.9; Dp = 5.05). The data collection instrument included questions of sociodemographic characterization, health profile and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). The results show that only 12.9% of the elderly present levels of recommended physical activity. The risk of falls is high to 13.8%, of the elderly, medium to 55.6% and low risk to 30.6%. The risk of falls is higher in older people (p = 0.000), those with higher BMI (p = 0.023), and less physical activity (p = 0.000). There were no statistically significant differences between men and women (p = 0.668). Evidence shows that an increase in PA and maintenance of BMI within normal values translates into lower levels of imbalance and risk of falling in the elderly. Thus raising the awareness of the elderly and caregivers about these factors should be a strategy to develop, in order to provide an active and healthy aging. |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of fallsElderlyPhysical activityRisk of fallingImbalanceMaintaining physical exercise in the elderly is fundamental, as it strengthens physical fitness, increases autonomy, reduces imbalance and reduces risk of falls. Thus, it is important to identify the risk of falls in the elderly and to determine correlations between this risk, sedentarism/ physical activity (PA) and body mass index (BMI). It is a cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational and quantitative study. A non-probabilistic sample consisted of 124 elderly individuals, 68 females and 56 males, aged 65-88 years (M = 71.9; Dp = 5.05). The data collection instrument included questions of sociodemographic characterization, health profile and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). The results show that only 12.9% of the elderly present levels of recommended physical activity. The risk of falls is high to 13.8%, of the elderly, medium to 55.6% and low risk to 30.6%. The risk of falls is higher in older people (p = 0.000), those with higher BMI (p = 0.023), and less physical activity (p = 0.000). There were no statistically significant differences between men and women (p = 0.668). Evidence shows that an increase in PA and maintenance of BMI within normal values translates into lower levels of imbalance and risk of falling in the elderly. Thus raising the awareness of the elderly and caregivers about these factors should be a strategy to develop, in order to provide an active and healthy aging.Future AcademyRepositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de ViseuMartins, RosaAndrade, AnaMartins, ConceiçãoCampos, Sofia2017-10-30T16:16:06Z2017-06-092017-06-09T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4690engMartins, R., Andrade, A., Martins, C., & Campos, S. (2017). Physical activity in the elderly: Importance in balance and risk of falls. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences, (icSEP 2017), 67-73. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.06.92357-1330doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.06.9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-01-16T15:27:27Zoai:repositorio.ipv.pt:10400.19/4690Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:43:14.959320Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls Martins, Rosa Elderly Physical activity Risk of falling Imbalance |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Phisical activity in the elderly : importance in balance and risk of falls |
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Martins, Rosa |
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Martins, Rosa Andrade, Ana Martins, Conceição Campos, Sofia |
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Andrade, Ana Martins, Conceição Campos, Sofia |
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Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu |
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Martins, Rosa Andrade, Ana Martins, Conceição Campos, Sofia |
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Elderly Physical activity Risk of falling Imbalance |
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Elderly Physical activity Risk of falling Imbalance |
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Maintaining physical exercise in the elderly is fundamental, as it strengthens physical fitness, increases autonomy, reduces imbalance and reduces risk of falls. Thus, it is important to identify the risk of falls in the elderly and to determine correlations between this risk, sedentarism/ physical activity (PA) and body mass index (BMI). It is a cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational and quantitative study. A non-probabilistic sample consisted of 124 elderly individuals, 68 females and 56 males, aged 65-88 years (M = 71.9; Dp = 5.05). The data collection instrument included questions of sociodemographic characterization, health profile and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). The results show that only 12.9% of the elderly present levels of recommended physical activity. The risk of falls is high to 13.8%, of the elderly, medium to 55.6% and low risk to 30.6%. The risk of falls is higher in older people (p = 0.000), those with higher BMI (p = 0.023), and less physical activity (p = 0.000). There were no statistically significant differences between men and women (p = 0.668). Evidence shows that an increase in PA and maintenance of BMI within normal values translates into lower levels of imbalance and risk of falling in the elderly. Thus raising the awareness of the elderly and caregivers about these factors should be a strategy to develop, in order to provide an active and healthy aging. |
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Martins, R., Andrade, A., Martins, C., & Campos, S. (2017). Physical activity in the elderly: Importance in balance and risk of falls. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences, (icSEP 2017), 67-73. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.06.9 2357-1330 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.06.9 |
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