Benefits of resistance exercise in preventing falls in the elderly: a systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Carlini Junior, Reginaldo José
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Silvia Alves da, Batista, Suzana Alves da Silva, Silva, Eduardo José da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/26964
• topic: Idosos; Queda; Exercício resistido.; Elderly People; elderly fall; resistance exercise

BACKGROUND: The risk of falls becomes imminent with aging and the repercussions inherent to this event are often summarized in dependence and death. A viable strategy to be used with the elderly, in order to minimize the effects of advancing age, especially the risk of falls, is the implementation of resistance exercise. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the benefits of resistance training in preventing the risk of falls in the elderly. METHODS: As this is a systematic review, a search was performed in four databases: Pubmed, Lilacs, Scielo and Ebsco. In view of the study proposal, 630 articles were found and 7 selected, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Clinical trials were considered as selection criteria, in which resistance training was implemented in active elderly people without relevant pathologies for their age, such as, for example, diabetes, heart disease, cognitive and neuromuscular disorders. RESULTS: It is worth mentioning that studies with combined exercises such as, for example, aerobic and resistance, were excluded. After the intervention period, increases in muscle strength, mobility, displacement speed and optimizations in dynamic and static balances were observed. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that resistance training has substantial gains in order to mitigate physiological changes and potentially reduce the risk of falls and fractures in the elderly.