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Postural changes of elderly people that frequent a club for elderly people
Alterações posturais de idosos frequentadores de um clube para pessoas idosas
Cambios posturales de ancianos regulares en un club para personas mayores
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Abstract Objective: to analyze postural changes of elderly people that frequent a
club for elderly people. Methods: study of 55 elderlies, 67.2 ± 6.6 years
old, 65.5% (36) being female. It was used a questionnaire consisting of
socio-demographic variables and a postural assessment instrument that
contain... mehr
Objective: to analyze postural changes of elderly people that frequent a
club for elderly people. Methods: study of 55 elderlies, 67.2 ± 6.6 years
old, 65.5% (36) being female. It was used a questionnaire consisting of
socio-demographic variables and a postural assessment instrument that
contains items that assess postural changes in view (perspective): anterior,
lateral and posterior. The data were processed in the program SPSS 19.0.
Results: it was observed a high prevalence of elderly people with absence
of postural deviations, however some deformities were found, 60% (33) of
the elders analyzed in this study had their head forward and 49.1% (27)
presented hyperlordosis. Conclusion: the data has showed that although
some musculoskeletal changes specific to the aging process were present,
most of the elderly were normal, reflecting the effectiveness of activities
or previous treatments - intended to minimize postural alterations - with
consequent improvements in the quality of life of the elderly person.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
alter Mensch; Lebensqualität; Krankheit
Klassifikation
Medizinsoziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 4644-4650
Zeitschriftentitel
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i3.4644-4650
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)