Rica, Roberta Luksevicius;
Gama, Eliane Florencio;
Machado, Alexandre Fernandes;
Alonso, Angélica Castilho;
Evangelista, Alexandre L;
Figueira-Junior, Aylton;
Zanetti, Marcelo;
Brandão, Regina;
Miranda, Maria Luiza de Jesus;
Alves, José Vilaça;
Bergamin, Marco;
Bocalini, Danilo Sales.
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate whether body image satisfaction improves with practice in resistance training in elderly women. METHODS: Forty women were selected and randomly divided into an untrained group (UN) group and a group trained in resistance exercises (RT). To evaluate body image satis...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the demographic and health factors related to the frailty syndrome in older adults. METHODS This is a longitudinal quantitative study carried out with 262 older adults aged 65 years and older, of both sexes, living at home. Data collection was carried out in Period 1 b...
Factores de Edad,
Envejecimiento/fisiología,
Brasil,
Anciano Frágil/estadística & datos numéricos,
Fragilidad/etiología,
Fragilidad/fisiopatología,
Evaluación Geriátrica/métodos,
Modelos Lineales,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Pruebas Neuropsicológicas,
Factores de Riesgo,
Autoinforme,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Esposos/estadística & datos numéricos
The aim of this study was to associate sitting time with major diseases affecting octogenarians. This observational crosssectional study involved 351 octogenarians, being 323 women and 28 men, with a mean age of 84.1 (SD = 3.9). Sociodemographic data,health conditions and responses to Section 5 of the In...
RESUMO Objetivo: identificar a presença, frequência e gravidade dos sintomas neuropsiquiátricos em idosos com demência, identificar o desgaste do cuidador familiar e analisar os fatores relacionados ao desgaste do cuidador. Método: estudo transversal, descritivo, exploratório e correlacional, rea...
RESUMO Objetivo: identificar gerontotecnologias desenvolvidas/empregadas pelos familiares/cuidadores como estratégias de cuidado complexo à pessoa idosa/família com doença de Alzheimer. Método: estudo exploratório, descritiva, de abordagem qualitativa, realizado com 13 familiares/cuidadores de pe...
ABSTRACT Objective: to present a physical frailty prediction model for oldest old users of primary health care, according to clinical variables. Method: cross-sectional study with proportional stratified sample of 243 oldest old subjects. Data were collected through a structured clinical questionnaire,...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyze the decline rate of master swimmers' world records compared to absolute world records, and sport performance decrease for both genders and different age groups (25 to 99 years old) in 50, 400 and 1500 meters freestyle swimming. The best performance for each d...
ABSTRACT Approximately 21% of the falls in older adults occur due to tripping, while walking. There is a paucity of information regarding the gait variability and reliability when a tripping is induced in different days mainly with elderly. It was aimed to analyze the variability and the reliability (int...
ABSTRACT The aim this study is investigate the relations among important factors regarding to motor development, body mass index and daily activities of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder, at risk of DCD and typically developing children before and after an motor intervention. Participants...
Abstract Stereotyped beliefs about old age and the aging process have proven to strongly promote negative behaviors toward the elderly, with unfavorable influences on their mental and physical health. Therefore, it is important to assess negative aging attitudes with brief but reliable and validated meas...
