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- Title
Older Women Who Practiced Physical Exercises before the COVID-19 Pandemic Present Metabolic Alterations and Worsened Functional Physical Capacity after One Year of Social Isolation.
- Authors
Cezário, Kizzy; Santos, Carlos André Freitas dos; Filho, Clineu de Mello Almada; Amirato, Gislene Rocha; Paixão, Vitória da; Almeida, Ewin Barbosa; Amaral, Jônatas Bussador do; Caldo-Silva, Adriana; Pimenta, Nuno; Sampaio, António Rodrigues; Teques, Pedro; Rodrigues, Fernanda Monteiro; França, Carolina Nunes; Bachi, André Luis Lacerda
- Abstract
Background: Because the consequences of the lifestyle changes in older adults associated with the social isolation imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are not fully understood, here, we investigated the effects of one year of social isolation imposed by COVID-19 on the metabolic parameters and functional physical capacity of older women who regularly practiced physical exercises before the pandemic. Methods: Systemic lipid and protein profiles, estimated creatinine clearance (ECC), and functional physical capacity (FPC) were assessed before (January-February 2020) and 12 months after social isolation in 30 older women (mean age 73.77 ± 6.22) who were engaged in a combined-exercise training program for at least 3 years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: In this group, we observed increased plasma levels of triglycerides and creatinine, an increase in the time necessary to perform gait speed and time-up-and-go tests, and reduced muscle strength assessed by the handgrip test and ECC post-COVID-19 pandemic relative to values recorded pre-pandemic. In addition, we observed significant correlations (both negative and positive) between anthropometric, some metabolic parameters, and physical tests. Conclusion: One year of interruption of physical exercise practice imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered some systemic metabolic parameters and worsened ECC and FPC in older women.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; GERIATRIC assessment; BASAL metabolism; SOCIAL isolation; EXERCISE; BODY movement; WOMEN'S health; LONGITUDINAL method; CREATININE; LIPIDS
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 9, p1736
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10091736