Treinamento físico multicomponente aumenta a força, agilidade e equilíbrio dinâmico em mulheres de meia idade

The present study aimed to verify the effects of a multicomponent physical training program on the functional capacity of middle-aged women. Thirty-five women (51.8 ± 5.4 years) underwent a multicomponent physical training program for 16 weeks. The volunteers were submitted to anthropometric measurements and a battery of tests adapted to assess their functional capacity. To verify the normality of the data, the Shapiro Wilk test was used and to compare the values before and after the intervention, a paired t test was used. The effect size was also calculated, using α = 0.05 for all analyzes. The results showed an increase in upper limb strength (pre: 18.9 ± 4.3 vs post: 22.8 ± 7.9 repetitions) with medium effect size, in lower limbs strength (pre: 14.9 ± 2.8 vs post: 17.3 ± 2.6 repetitions) with large effect size, as well as improved agility and dynamic balance (pre: 5.4 ± 0.8 vs post: 4.6 ± 0.5 seconds) with large effect size. We concluded that the multicomponent physical training program increased the strength, agility and dynamic balance of middle-aged women, improving their functional capacity.Keywords: physical exercise, aging, functional capacity, menopause.