2007
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060176
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Relationships Among Impairments in Lower-Extremity Strength and Power, Functional Limitations, and Disability in Older Adults

Abstract: Older adults should focus on increasing and maintaining lower-extremity strength and power across a range of intensities in order to decrease functional limitations and disability.

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“…While considerable effort has been directed toward understanding and attenuating age-related functional decline of the lower extremity [5][6][7][8][9], the relationship between aging and functional decline of the upper extremity has received relatively less attention.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While considerable effort has been directed toward understanding and attenuating age-related functional decline of the lower extremity [5][6][7][8][9], the relationship between aging and functional decline of the upper extremity has received relatively less attention.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Em geral, a prevalência de quedas em idosos dependentes nas ABVD é superior a aqueles idosos que não sofreram quedas. A ocorrência de quedas está diretamente associada com a diminuição da força muscular com o avançar da idade estando fortemente correlacionada com o desempenho na realização das AVD (Perracini & Ramos, 2002;Puthoff & Nielsen, 2007).…”
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“…O envelhecimento aumenta o enfraquecimento muscular, caracterizada pela atrofia muscular das fibras tipo II, essa condição afeta a coordenação muscular, resultando em uma incapacidade funcional (Puthoff & Nielsen, 2007) e muitas vezes ocasionando a mortalidade (Brito, Ricardo, Araujo, Ramos, Myers, & Araujo, 2012).…”
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