OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of frailty and the association of sociodemographic characteristics, clinical aspects, and functional capacity with the frailty status of community-dwelling older adults from Curitiba, Southern Brazil. METHODS: This cross-sectional observational study included 1,716 participants aged X60 years. Frailty was assessed using the Fried phenotype indicators of weakness, exhausti...
Aging is a natural and progressive process marked by musculoskeletal, cognitive and perceptual changes that can lead the elderly to present episodes of falls. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the number of falls, the perception of the risk of falls and the fear of falling in the elderly, of both sexes, aged 60 years or over. The study has a cross-sectional design and was composed of 106 elde...
O objetivo do presente estudo foi comparar a percepção de Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde em relação ao sexo e índice de massa corporal em atletas do basquetebol master brasileiro. A amostra foi composta por 300 atletas com idade média de 49,59 ± 8,35 anos, que foram entrevistados para avaliação das características sociodemográficas e da Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde (Medical Outcomes Study 36-Ite...
Orientador : Prof. Dr. Wagner de Campos; Co-orientadora : Profª. Drª. Gislaine Cristina Vagetti; Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física. Defesa: Curitiba, 10/12/2013; Inclui referências; Área de concentração: Exercício e esporte; Resumo: O presente estudo tem como objetivo verificar a associação entre o nível de ativida...
AIM: This study aimed to verify the association between moment of the undergraduate course and cardiovascular risk factors in a representative sample of university students Methods: A total of 1,599 university students (1,197 freshmen and 402 seniors) were investigated for the following risk factors: insufficient practice of physical activity, tobacco and alcohol consumption, poor eating habits, excess body wei...