March and balance in institucionalized elderly: evaluation pre and post exercises program
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i2p327-338Keywords:
Gait, Postural balance, Exercise, Health services for the elderly.Abstract
Human aging must be understood in all its breadth and totality, since it is a universal biological phenomenon with psychological and social consequences of the most diverse, featuring a stage of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the gait and balance pre institutionalized elderly and post exercise program. This is a quasi-experimental study involving 15 elderly residents in a long-stay institution for the Elderly located in Passo Fundo/RS. The elderly were assessed using the Tinetti Index. To compare the variables we used the Wilcoxon test, adopting a significance level of 5% (p ≤ 0,05).