Clinical evaluation, morphological and functional in relation to the physical activity in the biggest adult

Abstract

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with systematic physical activity practitioners at the Provincial Center for Sports Medicine in Villa Clara province, belonging to the group of health promotion of chronic non-communicable diseases. The 20 members of the group, who had a minimum age of 60 years, a maximum of 78 and a mean age of 67.9 years, participated in the study. The objective of the study was to describe the relationship between clinical, morphological and functional variables with the practice of systematic physical activity in older adults; These variables were statistically related through the Anova test, with the time and frequency of practicing physical activity. The main results evidenced that the variables that presented a favorable state in their control were clinical and functional, there was no relationship between practice time with cholesterol levels, blood glucose, body weight and fat percentage. However, it is verified that the time of systematic practice of physical activity in these older adults improves the oxygen consumption and allows to develop an adequate aerobic capacity.