Open AccessANÁLISE DO MEDO DE CAIR EM IDOSAS PRATICANTES DE EXERCÍCIOS FÍSICOS E SEDENTÁRIAS
Author(s) -
José Henrique Piedade Cardoso,
Luana Martins de Paula,
Silas de Oliveira Damasceno,
Henrique Martins Ungri,
Ronaldo Valdir Briani,
Ana Caroline Rippi Moreno,
Laís Manata Vanzela,
Franciele Marques Vanderlei,
Giovana Gomes dos Santos,
Bianca Yumie Eto,
Cláudia Regina Sgobbi de Faria
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colloquium vitae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1984-6436
DOI - 10.5747/cv.2018.v10.nesp5.000335
Subject(s) - tinetti test , fear of falling , balance (ability) , elderly people , gerontology , medicine , psychology , physical activity , cognition , physical therapy , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry , environmental health
The incidence of falls is high in elderly and the fear of falls is between the universal occurences offalls in this population. In this sense, the study has by objective evaluate the balance and the fearof falls in elderly woman participants of physical activity and sedentaries. Were evaluated 30ederly of feminine sex divided into two groups: therapeutic exercise and sedentarism. All groupswere evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Falls Efficacy Scale (FES-I-Brasil)and Tinetti Balance Scale. The results showed significative difference on fear of falls (20.09±3.7 vs37.72±8.7; p=0.000), balance and march (27.77±0.5 vs 18.40±3.9; p<0.000) in favor to activeelderly woman. For the variables age (68.04±5.3 vs 72.54±8.4; p=0.04) and cognition (28.31±1.5 vs24.45±1.8; p=0.44), significative diferences were not observed. At this form, we conclude thatphysically active elderly woman presented less preocupation with the possibility of falls and betterbalance levels.