Level of physical activity and cardiorespiratory conditioning between of falling and non falling elders

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues,Cíntia Malaquias
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro,Ludmilla Almeida Fernandes, Luz,Taciana Ramos, Britto,Raquel Rodrigues, Dias,Rosângela Corrêa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/285
• topic: Elder people, falls, cardiorespiratory capacity, aerobic capacity, physical activity level.

<p>Studies indicate a greater propensity of elderly to falls and the knowledge of the variables related to functional capabilities important in detecting and preventing these events.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To compare and to associate the variables cardiorespiratory capacity and level of physical activity among falling and non falling elders in the community.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Transversal descriptive study. Sample of 56 elders of the community, with age average 7,34 years. Were used: Falls Inquiry to discriminate against the elderly in fallers or non-fallers, Human Activity Profile (HAP) to identify the level of physical activity and maximal exercise test to assess cardiorespiratory fitness. Statistical analysis performed by non-parametric test, adopting a level of significance of 5%.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> A frequency of community-dwelling falling elders, amongst that they had told fall, the majority was identified fell two times or more, used criterion to discriminate against the aged in fallers or non-fallers. It did not have difference in the Human Activity Profile being and in the cardiorespiratory performance it enters the groups of aged fallers and non fallers. There was a relationship between age, physical activity level and cardiorespiratory capacity.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> Between the falling elders it has a lesser percentage of aged assets of what in non falling elders. Although there, were not identified significant difference in the level of physical activity and the cardiorespiratory performance between these groups what it indicates that other components of the functional capacity of the aged one can be related with the frequency of falls.</p>