Avaliação do equilíbrio, mobilidade e flexibilidade em idosas ativas e sedentárias

• Autor(a) principal: Ruzene, Juliana Rodrigues Soares [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Navega, Marcelo Tavella [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-9823.2014.13105; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/117926
• topic: Elderly; Postural balance; Flexibility; Mobility; Exercise; Idoso; Equilíbrio postural; Flexibilidade; Mobilidade; Exercício físico

OBJECTIVES: To compare balance, mobility and flexibility in elderly women who do not practice physical exercises and who practice aerobic and resistance exercises. METHODS: Fifty-five women between 60 and 81 years were evaluated, divided in four groups based on reported physical activity in the 12 months prior to assessment: Non-Practitioners of Physical Exercise (NPEF; n=22), Practitioners of Aerobic and Resistance Physical Exercise (PEFAR; n=15), Practitioners of Resistance Physical Exercise (PEFR, n=9) and Practitioners of Aerobic Physical Exercises (PEFA, n=9). Balance evaluation was assessed using the Berg Balance Scale; mobility by the Timed Up and Go test and flexibility through the Sit and Reach test. Anova test and Kruskal-Wallis and Newman-Keuls tests were used for normal and non-normal data, respectively. Level of significance was (p<0.05).RESULTS:It was observed that in the mobility test all groups practicing some form of physical activity showed significantly higher performance (p<0.01) than the NPEF group. Flexibility analysis showed that the PEFA group had significantly higher values (p=0.002) when compared to other groups, which indicate better performance. Balance did not show significantly different among other groups (p=0.093).CONCLUSION:Elderly women who practice physical exercise, whether aerobic or resistance, have better mobility than the NPEF; and PEFA had better flexibility than NPEF and practitioners of other forms of physical exercise.