EVALUATION OF MANUAL HOLD FORCE OF THE PRACTITIONERS OF STRENGTH TRAINING AGED.

Abstract

Introduction: A Practice regular resistance exercise is a good way to reduce or to prevent the functional loss associated to the aging, compensating the reduction of the muscular mass and force related the age. According to literature an importance of muscular function in the autonomy of the aged ones is in the fact of the force to associate undeniably with a great amount of daily activities, i.e., to work the muscular force has as purpose the maintenance of independence and autonomy in the aged. Objective: To analyze the manual hold force of the practitioners of strength training aged, after a specific strength training of the forearm flexor muscles. Methodology: The sample was composed by 14 women with average age of 70 years, practitioners of strength training at AFRID-FAEFI-UFU project, the volunteers had trained during 16 weeks, 3 times per week having used high intensity load (between 70% and 80% of maximum repetition). The used instrument was the manual hold test or manual dynamometry as the standardization cited by SOARES e SESSA (1995), protocol by MATSUDO (2000). Results: The results had demonstrated that the aged ones had gotten significant increase, statistically proved in the average , and in the T-Student test. Table  Performance of the manual hold force
Conclusion:  From theses results we can notice significant improvement in the manual hold force level aged. Thus the strength training correctly prescribed and guided exerts important factor on prevention, conservation and recuperation of the functional capacity of the elderly population, reign- echo on a positive way on their life quality.