Long-term adherence to exercise: the relationship with functional fitness and personal motivation among community-dwelling independent-living older women
| Autor: | Philipe de Souto BarretoI, Jose Carlos Jaenes Sanchez |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte, Vol 33, Iss 1, Pp 193-206 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2179-3255 0101-3289 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0101-32892011000100013 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study were to examine the relationships between functional fitness, self-esteem, aesthetic body care and long-term adherence to dance, and to identify other characteristics related to dance adherence in the elderly. METHODS: Seventeen women, aged 59-86 years-old, who practised a type of dance labeled "bodily expression". RESULTS: Functional fitness was correlated to dance adherence and was the only factor related to this variable in a linear regression analysis. Self-esteem and aesthetic body care seemed to play an indirect role on adherence. Functional fitness, specially upper-body flexibility and lower-body muscular function, and interest in dance (qualitative data) were related to long-term adherence to dance. CONCLUSIONS: Functional fitness and interest in exercising were the main aspects related to participants' long-term adherence to dance. |
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