Existe correlação antre força muscular com teste de caminhada de seis minutos em idosos institucionalizados?

• Autor(a) principal: Reis, Flora Isabel Ramalho Leite [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Navega, Marcelo Tavella [UNESP], Quitério, Robison José [UNESP], Ambrozin, Alexandre Ricardo Pepe [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://inspirar.com.br/revista/Existe+Correla%C3%A7%C3%A3o+Entre+For%C3%A7a+Muscular+com+Teste+de+Caminhada+de+Seis+Minutos+em+Idosos+Institucionalizados%3F; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/115061
• topic: idoso; testes de função respiratória; teste de esforço

The six-minute walking test can be affected by several variables, among them, the respiratory and peripheral muscle strength. The objective of this study was to correlate the respiratory muscle strength (maximum inspiratory pressure – MIP; and maximum expiratory pressure – MEP) and the hand grip test (HGT)with the six minute walking test distance in institutionalized elderly. It was included in this study 9 institutionalized elderly with age over 70 years old, both gender, evaluated by means of manometer, dynamometry and six minute walking test. The data were correlated by using the Pearson’s correlation test and the Spearman correlation test. From the evaluated elderly, it was four men and five women, with mean age: 78.8±7.3 years old, MIP: 75.7±33.6 cmH2O, MEP: 62.4±25.0 cmH2O, HGT: 20.4±6.2 kgf (right member) and 20.7±6.8 kgf (left member) and the distance on six minute walking test: 238.5±99.0 meters. There was correlation between expiratory strength and hand grip of both members with the distance on the six minute walking test. It is possible to conclude that there are correlation between expiratory muscle strength with the hand grip test and the functional capacity in institucionalized elderly.