Correlação entre os níveis de aptidão, atividade física e incidência de quedas em idosos institucionalizados.

• Autor(a) principal: Brasil, Gabriel do Couto
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/47915
• topic: Idosos, aptidão física, quedas, atividade física

Introduction: The elderly are the fastest growing segment in the Brazilian population, a proportion that was 8.6% in 2000, has an estimate for 2020 of 14% - 30.9 million seniors. In this sense, the aging process is accompanied by several aggressions to the body, among them, sarcopenia leads to a reduction in the independence and increase of frailty, which results in an increased risk for falls. Thus, good fitness levels seems to show an effective way to combat this. Having that in mind, the aim of this study is to evaluate the possible association among the level of activity, physical fitness and occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly. Methodology: This study was conducted with 186 patients of both genders, only 23 suitable to perform the protocol. The surveys of cognition, level of physical activity and incidence of falls were applied along with other practical tests: the battery of fitness tests, sitting and standing in 30 seconds, elbow flexion in 30 seconds, sit and reach your feet, reaching the back with the hands, agility test and stationary gear in 30 seconds. We used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to check for normality on the distribution of data, therefore, the Spearman correlation coefficient was used to establish associations among variables. The magnitude of the correlation was qualitatively analyzed according to Hopkins et al. Results: The correlation values were: 1) walking time r = 0.64; 2) moderate activities r = 0.66; 3) sedentary time r = 0.46; 4) sit up and r = 0.47; 5) elbow flexion r = 0.51; and 6) no significance for flexibility of upper limbs, get up and walk. The result of the rating was high for walking time and moderate activity, moderate for sedentary time, sitting and standing test and elbow flexion. Conclusion: We conclude that the occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly is negatively correlated to the strength of upper and lower limbs, walking time and physical activities of moderate intensity, and positively correlated to the length of sedentary behavior.