Open AccessDaily physical activity changes the brain activity, functional autonomy and frailty of elderly
Author(s) -
Maurício Rocha Calomeni,
Ver Furtado da Silva,
Carlos Soares Pernambuco,
Andréa Carmen Guimarães,
Heloísa Landim Gomes,
Estélio Henrique Martín Dantas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v9i9.7779
Subject(s) - autonomy , physical activity , gerontology , activities of daily living , correlation , psychology , cognition , elderly people , medicine , physical therapy , neuroscience , geometry , mathematics , political science , law
In Brazil, 13% of the population is composed of people with upper than 60 years, and is estimated that this number will be 29,3% in 2050. Objective: The goal of the study was to determine the profile and correlation between the variables: brain activity, functional autonomy, and frailty of the elderly with different daily physical activity. Methodology: Were selected 60 elderly inserted on an active and healthy aging program, with different levels of daily physical activity, of both sex, age upper than 60 years, and physical and cognitive functions preserved. Were evaluated frailty, functional autonomy, and daily physical activities, besides brain activity through an electroencephalogram, using as reference the international system 10/20. Results: The results showed that the more active participants got better results in functional autonomy and frailty tests, and also had recorded more brain activity in areas related to executive functions. Conclusion: The more active participants got better punctuations in functional autonomy and frailty tests, besides also got a higher brain activity. However, although the relationship found to have a background in the scientific literature, only the correlation between the frailty and functional autonomy scores was statistically significant.