El impacto del ejercicio físico adaptado en el índice de vulnerabilidad clínica funcional de los adultos mayores institucionalizados

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the effect of adapted physical exercise on the index of clinical functional vulnerability in elderly of a long-stay institution. Materials and Methods: This is a quasi-experimental that was carried out in the Laboratory for Research and Psychosocial Intervention (LAPIP), of the Federal University of São João Del Rei (UFSJ). Nine elderly people were selected, with a mean age of 77.6 years, with a standard deviation of ± 5 years, who were evaluated using the ¹ Clinical Functional Vulnerability Index (IVCF-20) test; ² Putting on and taking off shirt (VTC); ³ Performing a medicine ball toss and getting up and sitting down from the chair before and after the test. Results: There was a significant improvement in the IVCF-20 tests, with a result of 20.8 classifying a high risk score for 9.8 considering older people with moderate risk of vulnerability p> 0.05; VTC was verified in the pre-test mean of 43.2 seconds, and in the post-test the mean of 31.0 seconds, showing a significant reduction, with p <0.05; Medicine ball throw the mean in the pre-test was 1.1 m to 1.27 in the post, despite the increase in the result, there was no statistically significant improvement and the test of getting up and sitting down from the chair represents in the pre-test. an average of 6 repetitions in 30 seconds and in the post it was 8 repetitions in 30 seconds that represent a significant improvement with p> 0.05. Conclusions: Physical exercise has a positive impact on the health of institutionalized elderly people, providing a significant improvement in functional autonomy, and in the IVCF-20, enabling the change in the profile of frailty.