Impacto de um programa de cinesioterapia em solo e em meio aquático na aptidão motora e qualidade de vida das pessoas idosas

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Naama Samai Costa
• 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/123456789/34038
• topic: Envelhecimento; Atividade física; Atividade motora; Qualidade de vida; Aging; Physical activity; Motor activity; Quality of life

Introduction: Neuromotor losses are those that most affect the functionality of the elderly person. One of the preventive measures is the habit of practicing exercises regularly. Objective: To evaluate the motor fitness and the life quality of the elderly before and after intervention, performed in soil and aquatic environment. Methodology: This was a randomized controlled trial, with blind evaluator and total sample of 38 elderly people, divided into three groups: control (n=15), soil (n=15), swimming pool (n= 8). The questionnaire was used with sociodemographic data and health conditions, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Mental State Mini-Exam (MMSE), Motor Scale for the Elderly (EMTI) and Short Form-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-36). The elderly were submitted to a physiotherapeutic program for six months. Data were analyzed by statistical software Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 20.0). Results: Comparing motor aptitude averages after intervention by study group, it was observed that the solo group had higher mean values for the fine motor (p=0.021), body diagram (p=0.006), spatial organization (p=0.011) and overall motor fitness (p=0.004) compared to the control group. In the quality of life, when comparing intra-group means, it was observed that both intervention groups had higher averages in the general health aspect domain (p=0.001 and p=0.005 for the soil and pool groups, respectively). Conclusion: It was evidenced in this study that the soil group presented significantly higher means than the control group after the intervention, and the intra-group quality of life improved both in the soil and in the pool.