Prevalence of falls in elderly women.
| Autor: | Vitor PR; Academic Department of Physical Education, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., de Oliveira AC; Academic Department of Physical Education, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Kohler R; Academic Department of Physical Education, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Winter GR; Academic Department of Physical Education, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Rodacki C; Academic Department of Physical Education, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Krause MP; Academic Department of Physical Education, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Acta ortopedica brasileira [Acta Ortop Bras] 2015 May-Jun; Vol. 23 (3), pp. 158-61. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/1413-78522015230300816 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To verify prevalence of falls and fear of falling, and to compare functional fitness among elderly women fallers and non-fallers. Methods: Seventy-eight elderly women participated in this study. Cases of falls and the fear of falling were self-reported by the elderly women, while the functional fitness was measured by a set of functional tests. Mean and standard deviation were used to describe the sample. Independent t-test was used to compare functional fitness between groups. Results: The prevalence of falls in this sample was 32.4%. Among women fallers, 40% self-reported a high fear of falling. Conclusion: It is recommended that functional and resistance exercises are included in the preventive strategies for reducing risk factors for falls and its determinants in elderly women. Level of Evidence II, Prognostic-Prospective Study. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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