CorrelaÃÃo entre o grau da cifose e a flexibilidade em idosos praticantes de atividade fÃsica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

Thoracic kyphosisis most frequent between the postural anomalies that if install with advancing da age. It is defined by the increase of the kyphosisis bending of the thoracic column. One knows that the gradual increase of flexibility can improve the postural level. Flexibility is an essential component to the human being, mainly for the aged one and has been white of some studies that search a mediz way it. A diminished time, the aged one has its capacity of restricted movement and can increase the risk of injuries in the joints. Specific exercises of allonge have occasioned effect in relation to the flexibility of aged, where the gradual increase of the same one can improve the postural level, leading to a reduction in the index of injuries. The purpose of this study was to verify the correlation of the angle of thoracic kyphosisis of an aged population through the flexicurve method with the flexibility presented for the test to seat and to reach carried through through the sit and reach test in aged practitioners of physical activity (gymnastics and swimming) and comparing them with the group has controlled. Through a transversal study, it was evaluated 315 aged individuals, of both the sex, with ages from 60 years. All the volunteers had been evaluated by the flexicurve method and after that for the sit and reach test. The data had been analyzed by the coefficient of Pearson and descriptive analysis. The practicing women of the three modalities of physical activities had gotten better resulted in the measure of flexibility. In the group she has controlled was observed that aged with up to 69 years they tend to have a bigger flexibility of that excessively. In the group of the gymnastics we can observe that the sort influences in thoracic kyphosis and this in case that, the women had gotten minors degrees of thoracic kyphosis that the men. It did not have association between the sex and cifose and between kyphosis and age. Also it did not have association between sex, age and kyphosis corrected. The two methods used in this study are considered simple, not invasive methods and of easy manuscript.

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thoracic kyphosis banco de well cifose torÃcica flexicurve method mÃtodo flexicurva aged saude coletiva gerontologia; exercÃcios fÃsicos para idosos; idosos â postura humana sit and reach test

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