An 18-week multimodal training program improves functional autonomy in elderly women with reduced functional autonomy

• Autor(a) principal: Rumão, Mateus da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pinheiro, Lurdilene dos Santos, Rodrigues, Nildilene Pereira, Amorim, Rosane Constância, Garcia, Nathalia Coelho, Silva, Thais Marcelle Campos da, Cristina , Amanda, Borges Júnior, Marcos, Castro, Marcela Rodrigues de, Mendes , Thiago Teixeira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/26542
• topic: Capacidad funcional; Actividades de la vida diaria; Ejercicio físico.; Capacidade funcional; Atividades da vida diária; Exercício físico.; Functional capacity; Activities of daily living; Physical exercise.

Introduction: The aging process brings natural losses to the elderly, which can lead to deficits in functional autonomy, which can be minimized with regular physical exercise. Objective: To evaluate the effects of 18 weeks of a multimodal training program in elderly women with reduced functional autonomy. Materials and methods: Refers to a longitudinal study, of a quantitative nature, with a sample composed of 12 elderly women. The multimodal training lasted 18 weeks with 3 weekly sessions. The functional autonomy of the elderly was assessed through the functional assessment protocol of the Latin American Development Group for Maturity (GDLAM), consisting of the following tests: walking 10 meters (C10m); getting up from a sitting position (LPS); getting up from the prone position (LPDV); get up from the chair and move around the house (LCLC). The general index of the GDLAM (GI) was calculated. For data analysis, normality was verified (Kolmogorov-Smirnov), and Student's T test was used, considering a significance level of p<0.05. Results: An improvement in functional autonomy of 23.1±18.0% was observed from the initial assessment of the IG (41.05±6.66s) to the post-intervention IG (30.81±4.94s) (p< 0.001). In the individual comparison of tests, significant improvements were observed in the C10m (p<0.001), LPS (p=0.009) and LCLC (p=0.004) tests, with no improvement being found only in the LPDV test (p=0.06). Discussion: These findings may provide greater autonomy to perform activities of daily living. Conclusion: The proposed training was able to improve the functional autonomy of the elderly surveyed, although it was not able to improve the performance of the LPDV test.