Functional capacity and quality of life in older women practicing and not practicing hydrogymnastics

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Nascimento Júnior, José Roberto Andrade do, Lima, Maria do Carmo Correia de, Leme, Daniel Eduardo da Cunha, Antunes, Mateus Dias, Bertolini, Sônia Maria Marques Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19237
• topic: Aging; Exercise; Geriatrics; Health Promotion.

Objective: to compare the functional capacity and quality of life of older women practicing and not practicing hydrogymnastics. Methods: this is a simple natural experiment study, of a sample of 40 older women practicing hydrogymnastics and 40 not practicing hydrogymnastics. Latin American Development Group’s protocol was used to evaluate the functional capacity, and the WHOQOL-Bref and Old was used to evaluate the quality of life.Results: there were no differences in functional capacity or quality of life between the groups.Conclusion: it is concluded that there was not enough strong evidence to prove that older women practicing hydrogymnastics have a different functional capacity and quality of life compared to those not practicing physical exercise.