Relatório de Estágio: Atividade Física na Terceira Idade

Abstract

Increasingly, there is a need to develop physical activity programs for the elderly, with an increase in the average life expectancy and a steady increase in the number of elderly people. The application of physical activity programs leads to this age group enjoying greater independence, autonomy and maintenance of their functional capacities and thus the elderly can increase and enjoy a better quality of life. The main objective of this curricular stage was the application of pre-selected exercises and their implementation in classes or training sessions to maintain and / or improve the physical fitness of the elderly, evaluated by the Rikli Functional Fitness Test battery and Jones (2001). Four separate two-week programs were implemented in four different groups over a period of 9 months, including a sarcopenia program, a weight training program, a multicomponent program, and an intergenerational physical activity program.