Measurement of the aerobic resistance in senior citizens by means of the Mazorra Zamorra test / Medição da resistencia aerobica em adultos maiores atraves do teste de Mazorra Zamorra

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

The target of the present study was to measure the Aerobic Resistance by means of the Mazorra-Zamora Test in senior citizens of the city of Concepción-Coronel ? Chile. The sample was made up of volunteers. The people were chosen from a Gymnastics-for-the-Active-Elderly group in the Camilo Olavarría neighbourhood (6 women); a Gymnastics Group from the Department of Physical Education of the University of Concepción (15 women); a group from the Víctor Manuel Fernández Health Care Center (24 women); a group of sedentary elderly women (18) from the San Francisco de Asís Club in the city of Coronel; and one volunteer, elderly, sedentary woman from the city of Concepción. The Test applied is characterized by its results given in reference to a certain distance covered in a predetermined period of time. On the other hand, average descriptive statistics, standard deviation and rank were used to characterize the groups and the application of the ?t of student? Test, which allowed the substantiation that there is significant difference between seniors citizens engaged in physical activity and those who are not engaged in physical activity

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active and inactive senior citizens exercicios fisicos aerobic resistance test senior citizen envelhecimento

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