Efeitos do treinamento de hidroginástica na capacidade funcional de mulheres idosas

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of twelve weeks of hydro gymnastic in functional capacity of older women. A total of 15 volunteers (65.78 ± 4.31) completed this pre-experimental study. They were held 24 training sessions lasting 45 minutes, divided into heat, aerobic exercise, and relaxation located. Functional capacity was evaluated by the test sitting and standing (TSL), elbow flexion test (FC) and timed up go (TUG). We used descriptive statistics and verified the data normality by the Shapiro-Wilk test. To compare the dependent variables between pre- and post-intervention student paired t test was applied. The calculations were performed using SPSS for a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. A significant increase in the number of repetitions in the FC and TSL of 52.5% and 41.6% respectively. Regarding the TUG, a reduction of runtime 14.3%. It concludes that twelve weeks of hydro gymnastic were able to improvements in functional capacity of older women.