Avaliação da flexibilidade, equilíbrio e estado mental de idosas ativas e irregularmente ativas

• Published in: PAJAR - Pan American Journal of Aging Research Vol. 7; no. 2; p. 33438
• Main Authors: Fernandes, Jénifer Carolina, Olivoto, Robson Ruiz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 09-09-2019
• ISSN: 2357-9641; 2357-9641
• DOI: 10.15448/2357-9641.2019.2.33438

AIMS: Our objective was to compare the levels of effect of flexibility and balance beyond the cognitive aspect of two groups of active and irregularly active elderly women. METHODS: The sample consisted of 24 elderly women in the age group of 60 and 75 years old, divided into two groups, Active elderly group (GA) composed of elderly women classified as active, and Group of irregularly active elderly (GI) composed of elderly women classified as irregularly active. We used the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Sit and Go and Berg Balance Scale tests and the Mental State Mini Exam (MSME). RESULTS: Our data were treated through descriptive and comparative statistics, through the ANOVA one-way test, with Tukey’s posttest, Pearson’s Correlation and Student’s test for non-paired samples. The data were grouped and presented as mean and standard deviation of the mean. Our results showed no correlation between levels of flexibility and balance with the Mini Mental State Examination. The GA presented better results in the tests of flexibility and balance when compared to the GI. CONCLUSIONS: The GA presented better results in the variables flexibility and balance when compared to the GI, which allows us to conclude that the regular practice of physical exercises by GA was the determining factor for the group to obtain better results than the GI. In the cognitive factor, in our sample, physical exercise was not a determining factor.