postural balance, range of motion articular, aged, muscle stretching exercises
Conditions
Interventions
Forty-six elderly women attending the Pre Quedas da Uff water gymnastics project were divided into 2 groups: experimental group 1 - with 25 elderly women submitted to flexibility training associated w
experimental group 2 - with 21 elderly women practicing only water aerobics.
Flexibility training took place right after water aerobics classes, twice a week. Flexibility training lasted 3 months, eac
main part, lasting 35 minutes, with 15 minutes of aerobic exercise and 20 minutes of aerobic exercise
recovery, lasting 5 minutes, consisting of performing exercises with lower intensity. The main articular movements in the classes were: hip flexion, adduction and abduction
knee extension and flexion
elbow extension and flexion
and shoulder abduction, horizontal adduction and abduction, and horizontal adduction. Floats were used during class. The participants performed the exercises in comfortable intensity established by th
Other
G11.427.690
Sponsors
Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa- Universidade Federal Fluminense
Instituto de Educação Física -UFF
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were: elderly women aged 60 years or older, those who independently maintained their daily activities through the Baecke Modified Questionnaire, elderly women who practiced only the Prev Quedas water exercise, without participating in another exercise program. physical and those who presented medical examination authorizing the practice of physical exercises.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were: elderly women with diseases diagnosed by the doctor that compromised postural control, such as blindness or low vision, labyrinthitis, osteomioarticular diseases, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, low cognitive ability, previous history of stroke and fall; elderly women who presented two consecutive or more absences in the proposed training, without replacement, in the same week of absence or in the following week; elderly women with a history of falling in the last 12 months; elderly women with low cognitive ability verified through the Mini Mental State Examination.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of postural control in older women undergoing flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics when compared to the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics assessed by displacement and mean velocity of the center of pressure, functional and lateral reach capacity and time spent in unipodal posture, from the comparison of the results between the groups in the pre and post intervention conditions.;Elderly women undergoing flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics did not improve posture control by assessing the displacement and mean velocity of the center of pressure, ability to reach functional and lateral reach and length of stay in the unipodal posture. Elderly women who practiced only hydrogymnastics showed improvement in lateral reach ability for both sides and decreased postural control in the unipodal posture represented by the reduction of the time spent in this position. In addition, the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics has shown an improvement in the postural control measured on the force platform represented by the reduction in mean velocity and displacement of the center of pressure in the mid-lateral axis both with eyes open.;Increased joint range of motion in spinal, hip and ankle joints in older women undergoing flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics when compared to the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics goniometric evaluation verified from the comparison between the groups in the pre and post intervention measurements.;The elderly women who underwent flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics presented increased joint range of motion in the hip and ankle joints verified in all goniometric evaluation exercises involving the mentioned joints. The isolated practice of hydrogymnastics resulted in increased range of motion in the ankle joint verified in the right dorsal flexion and plantar flexion movements for both sides. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics influenced anthropometric indicators when compared to the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics measured by the evaluation of body mass index and circumference measurements verified from the comparison between the groups in the pre and post intervention measurements.;Flexibility training associated with water aerobics did not influence anthropometric indicators when compared to the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics represented by the absence of significant differences observed in the comparisons between the intervention and control groups.;Flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics contributes to the increase in handgrip strength on the right and left sides when compared to the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics by assessing handgrip strength using the verified dynamometer from the comparison between groups in the measurements. pre and post intervention.;Flexibility training associated with hydrogymnastics did not contribute to the increase in handgrip strength on the right and left sides when compared to the isolated practice of hydrogymnastics by assessing handgrip strength using the verified dynamometer from the comparison between groups in the measurements. pre and post intervention.;There is a significant relationship between increased maximal joint amplitude and postural control in older women undergoing flexibility training associated with the practice of hydrogymnastics measured by goniometry and evaluation of the displacement and mean velocity of the center of pressure, functional and lateral reach. both sides and length of stay in a single position.;No significant relationship was observed between the increase in maximum joint amplitude and postural control in elderly women undergoing flexibility training associated with the practice of hydrogymnastics measured by goniometry and evaluation of the displacement and mean velocity of the center of pressure, the ability to reach and lateral to | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactElciana Vieira
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Outcome results
None listed