Atividade física e aptidão física funcional em pessoas idosas com défice cognitivo

Objetivo: Estudar os níveis de atividade física e a aptidão física funcional de pessoas idosas com défice cognitivo. Pretendemos também estudar a velocidade de processamento da informação deste grupo de pessoas. Método: Participaram no estudo 81 pessoas idosas (82.9  7.8 anos ) institucionalizadas, de ambos os sexos, sendo que 53 pessoas tinham défice cognitivo. Os dados da atividade física foram recolhidos através da acelerometria onde foi pedido a cada participante que usasse o aparelho durante 500 minutos diários, no mínimo 3 dias. Para avaliação da atividade física funcional foi utilizado a Berg Balance Scale, o Functional Reach Test e alguns testes do Senior Fitness Test. Foi ainda avaliado o tempo de reação simples. Resultados: Os participantes não cumprem com as recomendações diárias de atividade física e apresentam um comportamento sedentário muito elevado. As pessoas idosas sem défice cognitivo apresentam melhor velocidade de processamento da informação e melhores níveis de aptidão física funcional. A maioria das variáveis da aptidão física funcional correlaciona-se positivamente com a quantidade de atividade física realizada. Conclusões: Os níveis de atividade física e de aptidão física funcional, bem como a velocidade de processamento da informação são bastante baixos nas pessoas institucionalizadas com défice cognitivo; Physical activity and functional fitness in older adults with mild cognitive impairment Abstract: Objective: Study the physical activities levels and functional fitness in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. We also intend to study the processing speed from this group. Method: Eighty two nursing home residents (82.9  7.8 years), both genders, have participated in this study. Fifty three older adults had mild cognitive impairment. The data about physical activity were collected through accelerometer where it was established that each participant would have to use at least 500 minutes a day the unit for at least 3 days. Functional fitness was evaluated by Berg Balance Scale, Functional Reach Test and some test of Senior Fitness Test. It was further evaluated simple reaction time Results: The sample of this study doesn’t accomplish the recommended standars for physical activity and they have a very high sedentary behavior. Older adults without mild cognitve impariment showed to have better results ininformation processing speed and functional fitness. Most variables of functional fitness is related positively with the amount of physical activity performed. Conclusions: The functional fitness, physical activity levels and information processing speed are too low in all nursing home residente with mild cognitive impairment.

Criterion-related validity of the short form of the international physical activity questionnaire in adults who are Deaf

Background: To implement appropriate programs for promoting physical activity (PA) in people who are Deaf, it is important to have valid instruments for assessing PA in this population. Objective: The main purpose of this study was to examine the criterion validity of the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-S) in Deaf adults. Method: This study included 44 adults (18e65 years) of both genders (63.6% were females) who met the inclusion criteria. Objective measures of PAwere collected using accelerometers, which were worn by each participant during one week. After using the accelerometer, the IPAQ-S was applied to assess participants’ physical activity during the last 7 days. Results: There was no significant correlation between the average time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) as measured by the accelerometer (40.1 6 24.5 min/day) and by the IPAQ-S (41.3 6 57.5 min/day). The IPAQ-S significantly underestimated the time spent in sedentary behavior (7.6 6 2.7 h/day vs. 10.1 6 1.6 h/day). Sedentary behavior and MVPA as measured by the accelerometer and the IPAQ-S showed limited agreement. Conclusions: Our results show some limitations on the use of IPAQ-S for quantifying PA among adults who are Deaf. The IPAQ-S tends to overestimate the MVPA and to underestimate sedentary behavior in adults who are Deaf.