Effects of a Physical Activity Program on Static Balance and Functional Autonomy in Elderly Women

Daniel, Fernanda de Noronha Ribeiro; Vale, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza; Giani, Tania Santos; Bacellar, Sílvia; Dantas, Estélio Henrique Martín

doi:10.3889/mjms.1857-5773.2010.0083

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“…Another study used adapted Tai chi program to verify the effects of targeted exercise programs on health-related quality of life compared with usual care based on the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory scores in geriatric institutionalized persons with 65 years old above after 12 month. The components of Activity Daily Living, eg, ability to walk, continence, and nutrition, were maintained better in the intervention groups than in the control group and conclude that adapted exercise programs can slow down the decline in health-related quality of life among heterogeneous, institutionalized elderly persons [23][24][25][26][27][28]. To be active with anything is important for elderly, in this study the members of AG made domestic activities besides exercises programs.…”

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Quality of life, elderly and physical activity

Pernambuco¹,

Rodrigues²,

Bezerra³

et al. 2012

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The concept of quality of life is multiple concerns as a cultural, social and environmental individuality. The aim of this study was to verify the levels of quality of life in elderly practitioners of physical activity comparing a active group with a control group The sample consisted of 159 physically independent and apparently healthy individuals of either sex, with mean age of 66.61 ± 4.73 years. Active group obtained mean 14.32 ± 0.763 in whoqol’s scores for levels of quality of life, the Control group (CG) obtained mean 13.31 ± 0.94 and p-value 0.05. The ANOVA with repeated samples showed higher values for active group when compared with control group after intervention, the significant level was p < 0.05. It must be recognized that not every aspect of human life is reduced to the practice of physical activity; however, it is an important instrument that generates well-being in this age group

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Quality of life, elderly and physical activity

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Bezerra³

et al. 2012

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“…Previous studies have shown the beneficial effects of physical activity on balance in elderly [31,32], after ankle instabilities or fractures [1] or on the quality of life in people with chronic diseases [33,34]. The effects of physical exercises on postural balance have been investigated by Jakobsen et al They found an improvement in postural control after 12 weeks of training [35].…”

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Balance performance in sedentary and active healthy young individuals – a cross-sectional study

Petroman

Rata

2020

PES

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Background and Study aim. Balance ability has a fundamental role in many activities of daily living, as well in athletic activities. The Balance Error Scoring System is a valid and reliable test used to evaluate postural balance. The aim of this study was to assess the postural balance in active and sedentary healthy young individuals. Material and Methods. A cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the balance performance in forty-four healthy young individuals (mean age 21.69±4.87 years), based on their physical activity level. Balance was assessed using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), and the total number of errors was scored, for the non-dominant limb (the left leg for both groups). The errors were counted for each of the six situations (double leg stance, single leg stance and tandem stance, on hard and soft surface). Results. Group 1 consisted of twenty-two active subjects (mean age 21.18±2.32 years, 59.09% females), with a BESS score of 9.87±1.6. The sedentary group (group 2), with twenty-two young subjects (mean age 22.22±6.61 years, 59.09% females), scored a significantly higher BESS score for the sedentary group (15.48±2.24) (p<0.001). No gender differences were recorded. Conclusions. Physically active young people have a better postural balance than do the sedentary ones, as scored with the BESS.

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“…The platform on which the patients stand measures the centre of pressure (COP). Most of the stabilometry protocols use stable platforms which do not describe the complexity of the balance mechanism [9,36]. The most important part of the definition states that balance is resistance against disruptions coming from both inside and outside of the body (environment changes) as well as the interaction of these two factors [4,7].…”

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Evaluation of Postural Stability in Young and Elderly Women

Marciniak

Wiszomirska

Ilnicka

2018

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: Assessment of postural stability performed on an unstable stabilometry platform. Comparison of the results obtained by two groups consisting of elderly (OW) (60+ years old) and younger women (YW).Material and methods: Seventy-three female volunteers were divided into two groups: 40 young women (20.2 ± 1.75), and 32 elderly women (68.3 ± 7.43). Participants performed five stability tests on Biodex Balance System SD: three 20-second tries, the Postural Stability Test (PST) and the Fall Risk Test (FRT). Three stability indexes - overall (OSI), anterior-posterior (APSI), and medial-lateral (MLSI) - both with eyes open (EO) and closed (EC) were analyzed. The impact of vision on balance was calculated as EC-EO. Also effect size was calculated and evaluated.Results: All of the parameters differed significantly between groups in favour of YW. The largest difference in significance as well as effect size was noted for FRT, p < 0.001 and 1.86 respectively. Tries measure the impact of vision on balance (EC-EO). The results concerning tries with EC-EO showed the strongest discrimination between groups - OSI p = 0.0088 (relative difference 0.23 ± 0.26) and APSI p = 0.0268 (relative difference 0.17 ± 0.2). YW had a significantly better outcome.Conclusions: YW had better results in all of the parameters taken into consideration, with most of them being significant. This confirms that all of the regressive changes appearing with age influence balance. Lack of visual input (EC) in OW caused significantly worse results in most of the measured parameters, showing that vision is a very important factor for balance maintenance in the elderly.

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Effects of a Physical Activity Program on Static Balance and Functional Autonomy in Elderly Women

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References 25 publications

Quality of life, elderly and physical activity

Quality of life, elderly and physical activity

Balance performance in sedentary and active healthy young individuals – a cross-sectional study

Evaluation of Postural Stability in Young and Elderly Women

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