TY - JOUR AU - Pires-Oliveira, Deise Aparecida de Almeida AU - Gil, André Wilson Oliveira AU - Oliveira, Laís Campos de AU - Bento, Felipe Micheletti AU - Mendes, Camila Silva Tomioto AU - Santos, João Paulo Manfré dos PY - 2014/06/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Analysis of quality of life in elderly practitioners of physical activity and relationship with risk of falls. JF - Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal JA - mtprehabjournal VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Research articles DO - UR - https://www.mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/1133 SP - 1-6 AB - <p>Introduction: Old age brings several factors that changes the physiological system, which results in loss of functionality in<br>the elderly. Falls are a leading cause of death in this population or activity restrictions, social isolation, decline in health and<br>increased risk of institutionalization. The quality of life in old age is a major challenge, it is necessary for improvement in all<br>aspects of daily. Analyze physical exercise on quality of life of older physically active drives to see how exercise influences the<br>improvement of the basic aspects to a healthier life, referring to physical and mental aspects of the elderly, prevention of the<br>consequences arising from the process natural aging, such as falls. Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze quality of<br>life in elderly practitioners of physical activity and relationship with risk of falls. Method: 84 seniors, recruited from the community of Londrina PR, physical activity practitioners, aged over 60 years who roam with or without assistive device, of both<br>gender, composed the sample. The evaluation was through structured questionnaires that focused on socioeconomic - demographic questionnaire falls which was used the Timed Up and Go (TUGT), analysis of quality of life (SF-36) and analysis of the<br>risk of falls. Results: In relationship the anthropometrics characteristics of elderly subjects analyzed, the same presentation<br>mean age 68 years, weight 63.5 kg, height 1.52, and body mass index 27.10. Was regarding correlation between TUGT and<br>falls in the last year (P=0,048) e correlation between TUGT and Physicals Components of SF-36 (P=0,001), and was regarding that elderly with better scores in TUGT were better scores of Physical Components of SF-36 (P=0,003). Conclusion: The<br>quality of life is directly linked to the physical condition of the elderly, elderly practicing physical exercises have a better quality of life and less prone to falls.</p> ER -