Comparison of the degree of flexibility and autonomy in elderly women practicing of tai chi e sedentary

Abstract

This study compares level of fl exibility and functional autonomy in elderly women with .X = 72,61±4,04 years old, participant a tai chi program of Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) and a sedentary group of a social project. Was used GDLAM protocol for functional autonomy and goniometry (DANTAS, 1999). The descriptive statistical used (.%). FCL 0,85%; FQ 0,34%; FJ 2,87%; for functional autonomy was: C10M = 26,82%; LCLC = 14,75%;LPS = 21,45%; LPDV = 29,41%. The distribution was considered normal by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The GDLAM index was regular for both groups. The tai chi practice improves functional autonomy levels for participants compared with sedentary group.

Effects of resistance training, tai chi chuan and mat pilates on multiple health variables in postmenopausal women

“…RT+MP also performed better than RT+TC in the 10mW test (Figure 5), possibly due to their higher training volume. The results of the present study corroborate those of other research that evaluated this variable, such as the study by Melo et al (2004), who found improvements in the functional autonomy of seniors who engaged in TC, compared to a sedentary group. Rezende et al (2015) observed that sensorymotor training improved the results of all the GDLAM protocol tests in elderly women when compared to the control group.…”