Associação entre composição corporal, equilíbrio e mobilidade de idosos com 80 anos ou mais
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2013-04-01
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Dos Santos, Vanessa R. [UNESP]
Christofaro, Diego G.D. [UNESP]
Dos Santos, Lionai L. [UNESP]
Gomes, Igor C. [UNESP]
Codogno, Jamile S. [UNESP]
Júnior, Ismael F. Freitas [UNESP]
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Study design: cross-sectional study. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the association between body composition, mobility and balance of elderly aged 80 years or older. Methods: The sample consisted of 123 elderly aged 80 and 95 years (83.2 ± 2.7 years) with 78 women (83.2 ± 2.9 years) and 45 men (83.2 ± 2, 4 years) residing in the city of Presidente Prudente - SP. Assessment of body composition was made by absorpiometria dual energy X-ray (DXA). The mobility and balance were assessed by means of tests of speed walking, and static balance lower limb strength. For statistical analysis we carried out the chi-square test, the software used was SPSS (13.0) and the significance level was set at 5%. Results: In males, those with higher performance in the functional tests showed higher percentages of muscle mass (MM) (35.6%) compared to lower performance (15.6%), p = 0.026. In the female group, the elderly with higher performance on tests showed higher bone mineral density (BMD) values (30.8%) compared with those with lower performance (20.5%) p = 0.041. Conclusion: MM for elderly males and BMD for females were the components of body composition that is associated with functional capacity.
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Aged, 80 and over, Body Composition, Mobility limitation, Postural balance, aged, body composition, body equilibrium, bone density, computer program, dual energy X ray absorptiometry, female, functional status, human, male, mobilization, muscle mass, muscle strength, performance, urban population, walking
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Medicina (Brazil), v. 46, n. 2, p. 135-140, 2013.