Physical performance in older adults after exercise program
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- Conditions
- HypertensionC14.907.489
- Registration Number
- RBR-2xgjh3
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade de Fortaleza
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
People who belong to the group of elderly Community Center Luiza Tavora, aged 60 years or over, physically independent, of both genders and voluntarily consent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
Failure to understand instructions, due to some cognitive problem, the dependence on a wheelchair, crutches or apparatus to walk or need help to remain standing; paralysis in one end of the arms or legs, uncontrolled high blood pressure (> 160 / 100mmHg) before testing and reports of chest pain or dizziness, trouble bone / joint / muscle or some other condition that would preclude participating in previous motor tests
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Before and after physical training program will be evaluated through the fitness evaluation of muscle strength (chair stand tests and elbow flexion), static balance test (one foot), aerobic (stationary gait test), flexibility (sit and reach test). In addition to functional capacity evaluation through tests of putting on socks and to sit, stand up from his chair and moving around the house.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Before and after physical training program will be assessed blood pressure levels at rest (auscultation), the body mass index (BMI) and blood glucose levels (blood glucose meter for measurement of capillary blood glucose).