Body balance analysis in elderly classified into different age groups using computerized dynamic posturography (CDP)

Authors

  • Daniela Virote Kassick Müller Fisioterapia. Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).
  • Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).
  • Rodolfo Herberto Schneider Gerontologia Biomédica, da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19iEspecial22p61-83

Keywords:

Elderly, Aging, Body balance.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the body balance among the elderly categorized in three age groups: young elderly (60-69 years), elderly (70-79 years) and the older elderly (80 years and older). The evaluation consisted of anthropometric variables and computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) with a total sample of 105 subjects. For the analysis of the quantitative variables, we used the descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and the Kruskal Wallis test with 95% confidence interval. The results showed that older elderly had a better latency time (99.111 msec) when compared to younger ones (133,403 msec for the elderly between 60-69 years and 135,282 msec between 70-79 years). However, younger elderly were able to better preserve the general body balance in the sensory organization test (71.368 percent for the elderly between 60-69 years, 67.950 between 70-79 years and 68.555 for the elderly with more than 80).

Keywords: Elderly; Aging; Body balance.

 

Author Biographies

Daniela Virote Kassick Müller, Fisioterapia. Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).

Daniela Virote Kassick Müller – Doutoranda em Gerontologia Biomédica (PUCRS). Mestre em Engenharia de Produção com ênfase em Ergonomia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil. Professora Assistente do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).

E-mail: danivkm@gmail.com

Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares, Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).

Doutoranda em Gerontologia Biomédica (PUCRS). Mestre em Ciências do Movimento Humano pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Professora Assistente do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).

E-mail: grazielatavares@unipampa.edu.br

Rodolfo Herberto Schneider, Gerontologia Biomédica, da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.

Rodolfo Herberto Schneider – Doutor em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) (Ph.D.). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil.

E-mail: rodolfo.schneider@pucrs.br

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Published

2016-01-30

How to Cite

Müller, D. V. K., Tavares, G. M. S., & Schneider, R. H. (2016). Body balance analysis in elderly classified into different age groups using computerized dynamic posturography (CDP). Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 19(Especial22), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19iEspecial22p61-83

Issue

Vol. 19 (2016): NÚMERO ESPECIAL 22 - ENVELHECIMENTO & VELHICE

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Papers

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