Postural changes of elderly people that frequent a club for elderly people

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Objective: to analyze postural changes of elderly people that frequent a club for elderly people. Methods: study of 55 elderlies, 67.2 ± 6.6 years old, 65.5% (36) being female. It was used a questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic variables and a postural assessment instrument that contains items that assess postural changes in view (perspective): anterior, lateral and posterior. The data were processed in the program SPSS 19.0. Results: it was observed a high prevalence of elderly people with absence of postural deviations, however some deformities were found, 60% (33) of the elders analyzed in this study had their head forward and 49.1% (27) presented hyperlordosis. Conclusion: the data has showed that although some musculoskeletal changes specific to the aging process were present, most of the elderly were normal, reflecting the effectiveness of activities or previous treatments - intended to minimize postural alterations - with consequent improvements in the quality of life of the elderly person.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Alterações posturais de idosos frequentadores de um clube para pessoas idosas ; Cambios posturales de ancianos regulares en un club para personas mayores
• Sprache: Englisch
• Umfang: Seite(n): 4644-4650
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8(3)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; alter Mensch ; Lebensqualität ; Krankheit

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Alves, Karoline de Lima ; Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo ; Santos, Jiovana de Souza ; Andrade, Danielle Maria Rodrigues de ; Crescêncio, Lia Costa ; Albuquerque, Karla Fernandes de
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i3.4644-4650
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53704-8
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ