Motor performance and respiratory capacity in seniors living in long-stay institutions

• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Ana Luiza Almeida Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Alessandra Souza de, Reis, Luciana Araújo dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/28880
• topic: Elderly; Respiratory Work; Motor Skills; Idosos; Trabalho respiratório; Habilidade motora

Aging is a dynamic and progressive process that leads to physiologic and functional.Among them, the decline in muscle strength, compromising the lung capacity.Objective: to identify the relationship between engine performance and respiratory capacity in seniors living in long-stay Institutions.Methods: a cross-sectional study with 62 elderly people who responded to the survey instrument containing cognitive assessment, socio-demographic data, health conditions, engine and performance assessment of respiratory capacity.The data were analyzed in descriptive way by applying the Chi-square test, with a significance level of 5%.Results: it was found a statistically significant difference between the activity limitation sit and lift with maximum inspiratory pressure (p = 0.002), between limiting the activity of Crouch and maximum inspiratory pressure (p = 0.001) and limitation of balance and maximum expiratory pressure (p = 0.012).Conclusion: in the present study it was concluded that there was no association between limitation of balance and reducing the maximum expiratory pressure values