Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up

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Autor(a) principal: Tomás, Maria Teresa
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Galán-Mercant, Alejandro, Alvarez Carnero, Elvis, Fernandes, Beatriz
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7897
Resumo: Este trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência: IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSL
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spelling Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-upPredictors of disabilityFunctional capacityRehabilitationPhysical activity levelsAgingHandgrip6-Minutes Walk TestIPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSLEste trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência: IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSLOver the last decades, the world elderly population has increased exponentially and this tendency will continue during the coming years; from 2000 to 2050, people over 60 will double and those over 80 will quadruple. Loss of independence occurs as people age due to mobility restrictions, frailty, and decreased functional fitness and cognitive abilities. Evidence has shown that appropriate programs and policies contribute to keep older adults healthy and independent over time. The purpose of this chapter is to report the results of our 3-year follow-up study designed to characterize functional physical fitness in a sample of Portuguese community-dwelling older adults to propose a set of functional parameters that decline the most. We studied a group of 43 elderly people, aged 60 and over. Variables assessed on the participants were anthropometric measurements, functional capacity with the Senior Fitness Test battery (muscle strength, aerobic endurance, flexibility, agility, and dynamic balance), handgrip strength, levels of physical activity, and balance. Three years after the first assessment, a second assessment of the same variables was conducted. We analyzed what were the variables that, for this group, were related to a healthier aging and the relation with different physical activity levels. Our study showed that the distance covered in 6-min walk test and handgrip strength seem to explain a great amount of variability on functional variables that have changed on this period (68% of balance, lower and upper functional strength, respectively) and the active participants showed fewer decrements with aging in anthropometric and functional variables than those inactive or insufficiently active (p < 0.05). Greater importance should be given to prescription of exercise targeting older adults and, specifically, walking and manual activities should be given more attention as components of a community exercise program.Frontiers MediaRCIPLTomás, Maria TeresaGalán-Mercant, AlejandroAlvarez Carnero, ElvisFernandes, Beatriz2018-01-11T16:08:55Z2018-012018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7897engTomás MT, Galán-Mercant A, Alvarez Carnero E, Fernandes B. Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up. Front Med. 2018;4:244.10.3389/fmed.2017.00244info: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:RCAAP2023-08-03T09:54:36Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/7897Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:16:45.771290Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
title Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
spellingShingle Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
Tomás, Maria Teresa
Predictors of disability
Functional capacity
Rehabilitation
Physical activity levels
Aging
Handgrip
6-Minutes Walk Test
IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSL
title_short Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
title_full Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
title_fullStr Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
title_full_unstemmed Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
title_sort Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up
author Tomás, Maria Teresa
author_facet Tomás, Maria Teresa
Galán-Mercant, Alejandro
Alvarez Carnero, Elvis
Fernandes, Beatriz
author_role author
author2 Galán-Mercant, Alejandro
Alvarez Carnero, Elvis
Fernandes, Beatriz
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RCIPL
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tomás, Maria Teresa
Galán-Mercant, Alejandro
Alvarez Carnero, Elvis
Fernandes, Beatriz
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Predictors of disability
Functional capacity
Rehabilitation
Physical activity levels
Aging
Handgrip
6-Minutes Walk Test
IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSL
topic Predictors of disability
Functional capacity
Rehabilitation
Physical activity levels
Aging
Handgrip
6-Minutes Walk Test
IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSL
description Este trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência: IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSL
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2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Tomás MT, Galán-Mercant A, Alvarez Carnero E, Fernandes B. Functional capacity and levels of physical activity in aging: a 3-year follow-up. Front Med. 2018;4:244.
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