Valorar la capacidad de equilibrio en la tercera edad (To measure the extent of balance in the elderly)
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v0i23.34567Keywords:
Involución del equilibrio, Escala de Tinetti, Riesgo de caídas.Abstract
Los programas de Actividad física de titularidad municipal promueven el ejercicio físico en la tercera edad. En este artículo se aporta un procedimiento para valorar el equilibrio en la tercera edad mediante la escala estandarizada Tinetti específica del ámbito de la geriatría que aún no siendo muy común en las Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte, consideramos que enriquece la instrumentación para la valoración del equilibrio. El estudio se ha aplicado a 90 participantes que acuden de manera continuada a programas municipales de actividad física para la tercera edad. Los resultados se han obtenido mediante test paramétricos y no paremétricos de comparación de dos o más grupos independientes y denotan que la habilidad del equilibrio motriz se mantiene de manera muy óptima en los participantes que acuden de manera continuada a las sesiones de actividad física.
Palabra clave: Involución del equilibrio, Escala de Tinetti, Riesgo de caídas.
Abstract: The programs of Physical Activity of municipal entitlement promote the physical exercise in the elderly. In this paper a procedure is contributed to value motor balance for the elderly by means of the standardized Tinetti scale that is used in geriatrics but not very common used in the Sciences of the Physical Activity and the Sport. We think that the use of this scale enriches the instrumentation for the evaluation of motor balance. The study has been applied to 90 participants that follow the municipal programs of physical activity for the elderly. The results obtained by means of parametric and non-parametric tests to compare independent groups reveals that motor balance maintains its optimum level in this participants.
Key words: motor balance involution, Tinetti scale, risk of falls.
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