O objetivo do estudo foi identificar a aptidão motora geral, e aptidão nas áreas específicas da motricidade humana, em idosos com 80 anos ou mais. Na aptidão motora geral, a maioria dos idosos foi classificada abaixo da normalidade. Coordenação motora global, equilíbrio, e esquema corporal foram os domínios que apresentaram resultados inferiores. Concluiu-se que os idosos longevos apresentaram déficit motor associado a perdas cognitivas que podem implicar negativamente em aspectos emocionais e sociais durante a retrogênese.Palavras-chave: Envelhecimento; Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais; Desempenho Psicomotor.

degree of urbanization, climate, and cultural factors. The authors also indicate a strong link between general childhood development and the opportunity and practical conditions for physical and recreational activities provided by family, school, and friend groups. The increase in motor coordination during infancy is easily perceptible. Children acquire a wide range of motor skills, allowing them to better control body posture (i.e., static and dynamic), environmental mobility in various contexts (e.g., walking, running, jumping), and the ability to manipulate various objects and instruments (e.g., catching a ball, throwing a rock, kicking, writing) 5. During preschool and elementary school, capabilities expand to include a repertoire of movements considered as prerequisites for other motor skills. By six years of age, children have the developmental potential to possess most of the fundamental adult motor skills 6. The school environment thus becomes conducive to detecting changes in patterns of child development, whereby behavioural, motor, cognitive, and emotional problems may be indicative of a developmental disorder 7 .

Resumo: Introdução: No desenvolvimento motor, o envelhecimento é representado pela retrogênese, processo que se refere às perdas gradativas nos componentes motores. Fatores intrínsecos e extrínsecos podem influenciar este processo. Objetivo: Avaliar e comparar o desenvolvimento motor de idosos considerando o sexo e a faixa etária. Método: Foram avaliados 218 idosos hígidos com idade entre 60 e 79 anos estratificados por sexo e faixa etária, constituindo quatro grupos: G1(n=64)-sexo feminino, 60-69 anos; G2 (n=45)-sexo feminino, 70-79 anos; G3 (n=66)-sexo masculino, 60-69 anos; G4 (n=43)-sexo masculino, 70-79 anos. O instrumento utilizado para coleta dos dados foi a Escala Motora para Terceira Idade (EMTI). Na análise estatística, empregou-se teste H de Kruskal Wallis e post hoc Dunn. Resultados: Observou-se que a maioria dos idosos apresentou desenvolvimento motor dentro da normalidade. O grupo do sexo feminino, 70-79 anos, foi o que apresentou valores médios inferiores (͞ x=87,7; DP=12,4), sendo diferente estatisticamente quando comparado os grupos. Nas áreas motoras, diferenças estatísticas significantes foram encontradas entre os grupos na Coordenação Global (p=0,001), Equilíbrio (p=0,001) e Esquema Corporal (p=0,012); nesta análise, as mulheres alcançaram pontuações inferiores aos homens na maioria das áreas avaliadas. Conclusão: As mulheres idosas com idade mais avançada apresentaram maior comprometimento no desenvolvimento motor quando comparadas aos homens idosos e mulheres idosas mais jovens.

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This study investigated motor aptitude in older adults with and without Parkinson's disease (PD) to further specify known motor-related changes of PD. We divided 671 older adults (23.5% male; Mage = 69.6, SD = 6.6 years) into a Parkinson's Disease Group (PDG) and a non-Parkinson's Disease Group (NPG) and assessed their general motor aptitude (GMA) and their specific motor aptitudes (in Coordinative, Proprioceptive, and Perceptive domains) using the Motor Scale for Older Adults. We used the chi-squared tests and logistic regression to identify and affirm an associations between PD and motor aptitude, we found that most adults without PD showed normal motor aptitude (GMA: 80.7%; Proprioceptive: 82.3%; Perceptive: 81.4%) except for the Coordinative skills, for which 56.4% of these participants had motor impairment. Most partipants with PD showed motor impairments (GMA: 94.7%; Coordinative: 97.4%; Proprioceptive: 97.4%), except in the Perceptive domain, for which 68.4% of participants with PD showed normal aptitude. There were significant associations between PD and GMA (OR = 127.6), Coordinative motor skills (OR = 48.0), and Proprioceptive skills (OR = 204.4), even after the model was adjusted for gender and age. Our use of the Motor Scale for Older Adults in contrasting groups of older Brazilian adults provides further specificity to the motor aptitude characteristics of older adults with PD.

Background: A decrease in the physical activity level in old age is common, which results in an increase in the number of falls and chronic conditions. Associated with that occurs the decline in motor skills as a result of the deficit in the interaction of cognitive and motor processes. Physical activity level can be associated differently with each motor domains. Objective: We analyzed the relationship between physical activity level and motor aptitude, and to identify which motor domains were most sensitive to detect insufficiently active level in older adults. Methods: Participated in the study 385 elderly people of both sexes. For the evaluation of the subjects were adopted the International Questionnaire on Physical Activity and the Motor Scale for Older Adults. Results: The majority of the elderly were active. In the comparison of motor aptitude between active and insufficiently active (IAC) elders a significant difference was found in the Global Coordination, Balance, Body Scheme and General Motor Aptitude. From the analysis of the area under the curve (AUC), we verified that these domains also were the ones that presented adequate diagnostic accuracy to identify IAC elderly. Besides that active elderly have presented the General Motor Aptitude classified within normality while the IAC below the normal. Conclusion: Our data suggest that IAC older adults present lower motor aptitude than the active elderly, especially in the domains of Global Coordination, Balance, Body Scheme and General Motor Aptitude, and that these domains were sensitive to indicate IAC older adults.