TY - JOUR AU - Magalhães, Alice Martins AU - Cerceau, Daniella Macedo AU - Parreiras de Menezes, Kênia Kiefer AU - Oliveira, Gabriela Vieira AU - Gomes, Bárbara Batista PY - 2020/10/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Assessment of balance, gait, lower limb strength and functionality in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic elderlies JF - Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal JA - mtprehabjournal VL - 18 IS - 0 SE - Research articles DO - 10.17784/mtprehabjournal.2020.18.807 UR - https://www.mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/807 SP - 1-7 AB - <p>Background: Sarcopenia is the involuntary loss of muscle mass predicted by aging and is associated with an increased likelihood of<br>unfavorable results, such as falls, mortality and functional disabilities. Objective: Evaluate balance, gait speed, lower limb strength and<br>functionality in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic elderly. Methods: Cross-sectional study, carried out with 68 subjects aged 60 years or<br>over, residents of the community and possessing an independent gait. The assessment instruments were bioimpedance, balance test,<br>four-meter gait speed test, chair support test and SPPB. Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia in the population of the present study<br>was 43.3%. In the group of non-sarcopenic subjects, a correlation was found between all the variables evaluated. In the group of<br>sarcopenic subjects, a correlation was found between lower limbs strength and gait speed. Conclusion: The skeletal muscle mass of<br>a sarcopenic elderly is related to their lower limb strength and gait speed, but it does not present a significant correlation with balance<br>and functional performance. Further studies are needed to clarify the behavior of balance, gait speed, lower limb strength and functional<br>performance variables when compared to the decrease in muscle mass inherent in aging.</p> ER -