Exercício físico para prevenção de quedas: ensaio clínico com idosos institucionalizados em Goiânia, Brasil
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2012
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The scope of this study was to evaluate
an intervention program with group physical
exercises to prevent falls in the elderly in longterm
care institutions. This is a non-randomized
clinical trial conducted with 20 institutionalized
elderly people in the city of Goiânia in Brazil.
The interventions occurred over the period of five
months, though the proposed exercise program
was based on earlier studies. Standardized measures
were used to assess falls, balance and gait,
muscle strength, flexibility and fear of falling. After
the period of 12 months from the start of intervention
there was a significant reduction in
the number of falls (p = 0.046). Based on the program,
significant differences were observed for
point allocation of the maneuvers of balance (p =
0.001), total scores of the maneuvers of balance
and gait (p = 0.007), muscle strength of hand grip
(p = 0.001) and of lower limbs (p < 0.001), flexibility
of movement of shoulder flexion (p = 0.001).
The intervention using an exercise program
proved to be adequate, albeit insufficient to improve
the gait, multiple joint flexibility of the spine
and hip and fear of falling, or to reduce the number
of elderly people who suffered falls from the
beginning of the study.
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Exercise, Accidental falls, Health of institutionalized elderly people, Exercício, Acidentes por quedas, Saúde do idoso institucionalizado
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SÁ, Ana Claudia Antonio Maranhão; BACHION, Maria Márcia; MENEZES, Ruth Losada de. Exercício físico para prevenção de quedas: ensaio clínico com idosos institucionalizados em Goiânia, Brasil. Ciência e Saúde Coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, v. 17, n. 8, p. 2117-2127, 2012.