Resisted exercise as an unique intervention in the improvement of the balance and fall's prevention in elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa,Juliana Ribeiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Santos,Fânia Cristina dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/204
• topic: Exercise, postural balance, accidental falls, aged.

<p>Brazilian population is fastly growing older, and it is being foreseen that, in 2020, the elderly population will reach 16,2 million. The event of fall in those individuals can mean a great decline in functional independence and great losses in In their life quality. About 28% to 35% of the aged ones above of 65 years had suffered, at least, one fall in the period of one year. The etiologies generally are multifactorial; extrinsic and intrinsic factors, being these last one related to the static disequilibrium, difficulty of postural, dynamic control, deficit of muscular force and power.<br> Some studies suggest that training programs of muscular force or balance can reduce, the risk of falling, while others suggest that only multifactorial programs are effective in this reduction. Objectifying to evaluate the effect of the physical resisted exercises and/or muscular force training as an only intervention in the improvement of the balance and the prevention of fall in aged people, a bibliographical revision of current literature was done.<br> The only intervention with resisted exercise traditional showed to improve the muscular force in aged people, however, it had a limited effect in the improvement of balance, and also, in their functional capacity; this way, it had a limited effect in the reduction of the risk of falling. However, in recent studies, the training of muscular power shows benefits for balance and functional capacity in aged people.Thus, it is suggested that programs that promote balance and prevent falls in aged people must be multisensorial, enclosing the multiples and important factors important factors of the risk of falling population.</p>