CARACTERIZAÇÃO DOS PARÂMETROS TEMPORO-ESPACIAIS DA MARCHA EM IDOSAS PRATICANTES DE DIFERENTES MODALIDADES DE EXERCÍCIOS

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the kinematics variables of the elderly women gait who practice strength training from the project Physical Activities and Fun Activities for the Elderly, based as reference the parameters analyzed on elderly women who practice hydro gymnastics, identifying the space-time variables: Total time of walking (TT); Cadence (CA); Step’s Length (SL); Average Linear Speed (ALS); Double Support Time (DS); Simple Support Time (SS). The research was performed by 46 elderly women (23 elderly women who practice strength training and 23 elderly women who practice hydro gymnastics) at average age of 67, 5 years old. The volunteers walked through a 15 meters path, but only 10 meters were analyzed as the initial acceleration and final deceleration were not considered because they could influence the data analysis. The statistical method used for the analysis of the data was the “t de Student” to independent samples (p<0.05). The strength training volunteers achieved greater performance when compared to the hydro gymnastics volunteers. The variables SL, DS and SS obtained significant values due to the strength training and the variables CA, TT and ALS were not statistically significant, through these average values achieved it is important to stand out that the performance of the strength training volunteers is well noted greater.