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- Title
Estudo transversal da capacidade funcional e força muscular em setuagenários institucionalizados.
- Authors
Laprovita Oliveira, Maria da Penha; Orsini, Marco; d´Alegria Tuza, Fábio Augusto; Henrique de Moura, Paulo; Magalhães da Silva, Aryanne Nunes; Silva, Bárbara Ventura da; Santana Carlos, Aluana; Pinto d'Avila, Joana da Costa; Mafra Moreno, Adalgiza
- Abstract
Introduction: People are aging more and more in Brazil and worldwide. Studies show that the process of population aging is accompanied by increased occurrence of morbidity and disability. Different conditions can be presented by aging, such as: decreased functional capacity, decreased strength and muscle mass, among others. Objective: To investigate the reduction of functional capacity, secondary to the reduction of muscular strength of lower limbs in elderly institutionalized in two institutions in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu/RJ Brazil. Methods: This is a quantitative exploratory study in two elderly institutions at Nova Iguaçu during the period of July and August 2017, with 60 elderly men and women (34 males and 26 females), age range ≥ 60 years. The volunteers were assessed for functional capacity and muscle strength. For functional capacity, the Barthel scale was used. For strength testing, the present study used the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale for evaluation. Results: The results of the present study showed that 61.7% of the elderly are classified as independent by the Barthel index. In the MRC scale, 95% of the elderly presented muscular weakness. Conclusion: We concluded that the most proportion of institutionalized elderly was considered independent but presented a picture of muscular weakness.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AGING; LEG; LIFE skills; MUSCLE strength; RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE research; MUSCLE weakness; BARTHEL Index
- Publication
Fisioterapia Brasil, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 2, p182
- ISSN
1518-9740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33233/fb.v21i2.4078