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dc.creator | Fernando Ribeiro | |
dc.creator | Fantina Teixeira | |
dc.creator | Gabriela Brochado | |
dc.creator | José Oliveira | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-06T14:51:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-06T14:51:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1444-1586 | |
dc.identifier.other | sigarra:45208 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/86411 | - |
dc.description.abstract | To evaluate the effects of a low cost strength training program of the dorsi- and ankle plantar flexors on muscle strength, balance and functional mobility, in elderly institutionalized subjects; and to determine the association between strength gain and balance and/or functional mobility gain. Forty-eight volunteers were recruited and equally divided into two groups: intervention (aged 78.44 +/- 3.84 years) and control (aged 79.78 +/- 3.90 years). Both groups were tested at baseline and outcome for ankle dorsi- and plantar flexors muscle strength, balance and functional mobility. The intervention group participated in a 6-week program, three-sessions-per-week, of resisted ankle dorsi- and plantar flexion exercises using elastic bands. In the intervention group, maximal isometric dorsi- (from 8.4 +/- 0.45 to 12.6 +/- 0.95 kg; P <= 0.001) and plantar flexors strength (from 13.0 +/- 0.85 to 17.5 +/- 0.93 kg; P <= 0.001), balance (from 14.6 +/- 0.54 to 22.3 +/- 1.81 cm; P <= 0.001) and functional mobility (from 18.4 +/- 0.51 to 11.0 +/- 0.66 s; P <= 0.001) increased significantly after the 6-week strength training program. In the control group, no significant differences were detected. In the intervention group, a significant correlation between plantar flexor strength gain and balance gain was found (r = 0.826; P = 0.01). The proposed low cost strength training of dorsi- and plantar flexors improved strength, balance and functional mobility in institutionalized elderly people; moreover, the improvement in plantar flexor strength was associated with the improvement in balance. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | restrictedAccess | |
dc.subject | Medicina clínica | |
dc.subject | Clinical medicine | |
dc.title | Impact of low cost strength training of dorsi- and plantar flexors on balance and functional mobility in institutionalized elderly people | |
dc.type | Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional | |
dc.contributor.uporto | Faculdade de Desporto | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00500.x | |
dc.identifier.authenticus | P-003-MSZ | |
dc.subject.fos | Ciências médicas e da saúde::Medicina clínica | |
dc.subject.fos | Medical and Health sciences::Clinical medicine | |
Appears in Collections: | FADEUP - Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
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