Bateria de testes da AAHPERD: adaptação para idosos institucionalizados

Abstract

-The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) test battery assesses the functional fitness of older adults in five motor fitness tests. The objective of this study was to adapt and test the AAHPERD in institutionalized older adults and to define normative values of functional fitness for this population. A pilot test was conducted on older adults living in nursing homes, which confirmed the need to adapt the flexibility and aerobic endurance tests. The first test was redesigned so that the elderly person did not have to sit on the floor. The second test was changed from a half-mile to a 6-minute walk. The tests were adapted and tested in a sample of 92 older adults from six long-term care homes. The successful application of the AAHPERD adapted for older adults living in nursing homes permitted the establishment of normative values for the five motor tests. The adapted version of the AAHPERD is an easily applied, low-cost tool of low risk since it was adapted to the physical and functional conditions of institutionalized older adults. This physical test battery will contribute to the evaluation of older adults and exercise prescription. Key words: Functional fitness; Institutionalized older adults; Nursing home. Resumo -AAHPERD -American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance é uma bateria que avalia a aptidão funcional de idosos por meio de cinco testes físicos. O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar a AAHPERD para testar em idosos institucionalizados e definir os valores normativos

Londrina Activities of Daily Living Protocol: Reproducibility, Validity, and Reference Values in Physically Independent Adults Age 50 Years and Older

“…It is important to determine the reference values for clinical tests to facilitate the interpretation of results, because they allow comparisons between results and expected values. Tests such as the short physical performance battery, 31 senior fitness test, 32 and American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance battery test 33 have normative values, facilitating their interpretation in both research and clinical practice.…”

Fragility syndrome: determinant factors in institutionalized elderly

“…The physical performance was evaluated through the Six Minute Walk Test (SMWT), adapted for the institutionalized elderly by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and validated to the Brazilian population 7 . For the SMWT a walking circuit was set with marks on the floor within every five meters, on the sign of the evaluator, the subject was instructed to follow the marked circuit during 6 minutes, and the walked distance was noted at the end.…”

Exercício multicomponente associado a dupla tarefa: efeitos no desempenho físico funcional e mobilidade de idosos

“…2) Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), for evaluation of cognitive functions related to temporal / spatial orientation, memory, language, attention and calculation; The MMSE score ranges from 0 to 30 points [18]. 3) AAHPERD test battery -American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, for evaluation of five Physical Functio-nal Performance components: Agility/ dynamic balance -time to complete two circuits involving the task stand up of a chair, walk around cones and return to the chair; Coordination -time to complete a task requiring a manipulation of twelve soda cans in a precise; Strength endurance-Number of elbow flexion repetitions associated with resistance in 30 s; Flexibility-sit-and-reach test; Aerobic endurance-Time to complete an 880-yard walk [19]. 4) Timed Up and Go (TUG), for evaluation of functional mobility.…”