AVALIAÇÃO FUNCIONAL DO MOVIMENTO EM IDOSOS: EFEITOS DO TREINO

• Author(s): Ana Fontes Soares
• Date: 2017
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/107995
• Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
• Subject(s): Outras ciências sociais; Other social sciences
• Document Type: Master thesis
• Language: Portuguese

Description

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a functional training programme in the development of the 7 FMS patterns of movement in elderly adults. The sample consisted of 30 elderly divided in 2 groups: Experimental Group (EG; n=14; mean age= 68,21±2,88 years) which underwent on a triweekly training program (2 sessions of multicomponent training + 1 session of functional training), during 6 months; and a Control Group (CG; n=16; mean age= 76,88±5,28 years) which participated twice a week in sessions of multicomponent training. FMS battery was used to assess the individual patterns of movements in dynamic and functional conditions and the detection of movement disorders before and after the experimental period. Data was analyzed with SPSS (v24) based on the following descriptive statistics: average, standard deviation and frequency. In order to evaluate the differences between pre- and post-intervention, the non-parametric Wilcoxon test, which enables the comparison of paired samples, was used. The level of significance for all statistic tests was set to p≤0,05. The results show that: i) there were significant differences between pre and post-intervention on the Experimental Group; ii) there were significant differences in the patterns of movement between the Experimental Group and the Control Group after the experimental protocol translated respectively in 22,66% and 4,47% of change. Our findings suggest that a functional training program may improve the patterns of movement as assessed by the FMS, and therefore improve older people functionality.