Level of physical activity, aerobic power and perception of subjective memory loss in postmenopausal women

• Autor(a) principal: Mancini,Rafael
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Matsudo,Sandra, Pereira,Monica, Marin,Rosangela Villa, Matsudo,Victor
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/92
• topic: Aging; Memory; Physical conditioning, human; Physical fitness.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To investigate the relationship between the level of physical activity and aerobic power with the subjective perception of memory loss in postmenopausal non-sedentary women.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> The study included 131 women who engaged in physical activity twice a week. To evaluate the memory instruments the Memory Assessment Clinics Self-Ralph (MAC-Q) Questionnaire and the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) were used. The level of physical activity was identified by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and with the use of pedometers. The indicator of aerobic power was obtained by the 2-Minute Walking Test. To check the normality of the data we used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and performed the Spearman correlation (rho). We used the Kruskal-Wallis test to compare physical activity levels between groups. The level of significance was p&lt;0.05.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The results show a better correlation of the subjective perception of memory loss with moderate and vigorous physical activities, but the correlations are weak and low.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> There was no significant association between total duration of walking per week, moderate and vigorous physical activity and subjective awareness of memory loss in postmenopausal women.</p>