Efeitos funcionais da reeducação respiratória em idosos sedentários / Functional effects of a respiratory re-education program in sedentary old-aged women

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2008

RESUMO

This study aimed at assessing the effects of program of respiratory reeducation in healthy, previously sedentary old people. Program of respiratoy training was developed and tested. The study was carried out at the Laboratório de Fisioterapia em Reatividade Comportamental at the Centro de Docência e Pesquisa em Fisioterapia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo with 20 people (women) aged in average 71 years, active in their communities, and free from significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological or muscle disfunction, or from chronic diseases that might affect the ability to practice exercises. After a series of resiratory function performance pre-tests, participants have undergone respiratory training for four months, in twice-weekly sessions of one hour. At the end of program all participants had their respiratory function evaluated (post-test). Six mouth and one year later, all the 20 subjects were again evaluated (post-tests). Training program was found to have brought respiratory function performance improvement: thoracic mobility, flexibility and maximal respiratory pressures. Body composition was unchanged as expected.

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envelhecimento aging fisioterapia respiratória treinamento training respiratory physiotherapy

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