{"title":"EFECTOS DEL EJERCICIO SOBRE LA FLEXIBILIDAD EN PERSONAS MAYORES DE 65 AÑOS","authors":"M. Matos-Duarte, L. A. Berlanga","doi":"10.15366/rimcafd2020.80.010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aging involves physiological alterations such as detriments in physical fitness and its components. Lower levels of flexibility are associated to a loss of functional capacity, and participation in supervised physical exercise programs could maintain or improve levels of that physical ability. In our study, we analysed flexibility in 53 adults over 65 years old (M=73,74±4,54) who participated in an exercise program for at least 6 months; using Back Scratch Test (TBS), and Chair Sit and Reach Test (TCSAR). At the end of the program, the results of flexibility were found to be within the normative values ??of reference; being, on many occasions exceeded them. In conclusion, staying physically active minimises the loss of flexibility inherent to the aging process, which could has an important impact on the functional capacity and quality of life of older adults.","PeriodicalId":49609,"journal":{"name":"Revista Internacional De Medicina Y Ciencias De La Actividad Fisica Y Del Deporte","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revista Internacional De Medicina Y Ciencias De La Actividad Fisica Y Del Deporte","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15366/rimcafd2020.80.010","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SPORT SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aging involves physiological alterations such as detriments in physical fitness and its components. Lower levels of flexibility are associated to a loss of functional capacity, and participation in supervised physical exercise programs could maintain or improve levels of that physical ability. In our study, we analysed flexibility in 53 adults over 65 years old (M=73,74±4,54) who participated in an exercise program for at least 6 months; using Back Scratch Test (TBS), and Chair Sit and Reach Test (TCSAR). At the end of the program, the results of flexibility were found to be within the normative values ??of reference; being, on many occasions exceeded them. In conclusion, staying physically active minimises the loss of flexibility inherent to the aging process, which could has an important impact on the functional capacity and quality of life of older adults.
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La Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (Rev.int.med.cienc.act.fis.deporte) es una revista multidisciplinar, científico-técnica, en torno a las Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte, que abarca temas tales como: actividades acuáticas, antropomotricidad, desarrollo y aprendizaje motor, arquitectura y equipamiento deportivo, bellas artes y deporte, biofísica, física y biomecánica del deporte, economía y deporte, bioquímica del deporte, biomatemáticas y estadística del deporte, comunicación y deporte, técnica y táctica deportiva, derecho deportivo, documentación deportiva, Educación Física y ciencias de la educación, educación física especial y deporte adaptado, expresión corporal, epistemología, ética y filosofía del deporte, medicina y salud de la actividad física, fisiología del ejercicio, sociología del deporte, psicología del deporte, motricidad humana, psicomotricidad, geografía y deporte, geología y deporte, gestión deportiva, historia de la educación física y del deporte, juegos motores, kineantropometría, literatura y lingüística del deporte, meteorología y deporte, ocio y recreación, olimpismo o tecnología del deporte. Todos los temas son publicables siempre que estén relacionados con la actividad física y el deporte y sea explícita esta relación en el artículo.