THE STRENGTH TRAINING INFLUENCE ON ELDERS FUNCIONAL CAPACITY

Abstract

This study has the objective to analyze, in comparative form, the functional capacity of physically independents elders that practice strength training at Laboratório de Exercício Reistido e da Saúde (GRUP A), with another elders grup that don't practice this kind of physical exercise but aren't sedentary (GRUP B). This grups are composed by both sex persons, shared in GRUP A, with a age average of 68.50 ± 4.66 and the GRUP B with avarage of 77.17 ± 12.70 years old. It was used the Grupo de Desenvolvimento Latino-Americano para a Maturidade GDLAM's protocol to evaluate the sample functional capacity, doing 5 (five) tests: W10m, walk 10m; GSP, get up of seated position; GBDP, get up of belly decubitus position; GCWH, get up of the chair and walk through the house; DTB, dress and take off a blouse. Analyzing the results, couldn't be verified functional capacities scores with significant differences between the by statistical point of view. However this difference isn't significant by the statistical point of view, analyzing on qualitative form can be observed that the GROUP A possess a functionally bigger than GROUP B.