Treinamento físico multicomponente aumenta a força, agilidade e equilíbrio dinâmico em mulheres de meia idade

Abstract

The present study aimed to verify the effects of a multicomponent physical training program on the functional capacity of middle-aged women. Thirty-five women (51.8 ± 5.4 years) underwent a multicomponent physical training program for 16 weeks. The volunteers were submitted to anthropometric measurements and a battery of tests adapted to assess their functional capacity. To verify the normality of the data, the Shapiro Wilk test was used and to compare the values before and after the intervention, a paired t test was used. The effect size was also calculated, using α = 0.05 for all analyzes. The results showed an increase in upper limb strength (pre: 18.9 ± 4.3 vs post: 22.8 ± 7.9 repetitions) with medium effect size, in lower limbs strength (pre: 14.9 ± 2.8 vs post: 17.3 ± 2.6 repetitions) with large effect size, as well as improved agility and dynamic balance (pre: 5.4 ± 0.8 vs post: 4.6 ± 0.5 seconds) with large effect size. We concluded that the multicomponent physical training program increased the strength, agility and dynamic balance of middle-aged women, improving their functional capacity.Keywords: physical exercise, aging, functional capacity, menopause.

Avaliação da capacidade funcional e qualidade de vida de mulheres de meia idade e idosas cadastradas na Estratégia Saúde da Família em Conselheiro Lafaiete-MG

“…Os resultados de Caldas et al (2019) corroboram para afirmação que as mulheres avaliadas apresentam déficit de força, pois as idosas realizaram 17 repetições no teste, nesse estudo os autores investigaram o efeito de 16 semanas de treinamento físico multicomponente em 27 idosas com idade média de 67,8 ± 6,5, elas foram avaliadas pré e pós intervenção, os autores observaram que os indivíduos realizaram 14 repetições pré e 17 repetições após o programa de intervenção, sugerindo que houve uma melhora em suas capacidades físicas. Rosa et al (2019) realizaram uma intervenção por 20 semanas incluindo 18 idosas ativas, praticantes de musculação, com idade média de 61,44 ± 1,88 anos, avaliadas pré e pós intervenção a fim de verificar a força de membros inferiores realizada pelo TSLC.…”

Stretching and Multicomponent Training to Functional Capacities of Older Women: A Randomized Study

“…Valenti et al [ 8 ] demonstrated that multicomponent training promotes improvements in physically inactive older people’s physical and functional capacities. Although the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association guidelines for older adults indicate that a training program should present a multicomponent approach, most intervention studies offer training protocols that sometimes develop only muscular strength and/or aerobic capacity [ 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”