Functional capacity and quality of life in older women practicing and not practicing hydrogymnastics

Authors

  • Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) Centro Universitário Cesumar (Unicesumar)
  • José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior Universidade Federal do Vale do Sao Francisco (Univasf)
  • Maria do Carmo Correia de Lima Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
  • Daniel Eduardo da Cunha Leme Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
  • Mateus Dias Antunes Centro Universitário Cesumar (Unicesumar)
  • Sônia Maria Marques Gomes Bertolini Centro Universitário Cesumar (Unicesumar)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000200003

Keywords:

Aging, Exercise, Geriatrics, Health Promotion.

Abstract

Objective: to compare the functional capacity and quality of life of older women practicing and not practicing hydrogymnastics. Methods: this is a simple natural experiment study, of a sample of 40 older women practicing hydrogymnastics and 40 not practicing hydrogymnastics. Latin American Development Group’s protocol was used to evaluate the functional capacity, and the WHOQOL-Bref and Old was used to evaluate the quality of life.Results: there were no differences in functional capacity or quality of life between the groups.Conclusion: it is concluded that there was not enough strong evidence to prove that older women practicing hydrogymnastics have a different functional capacity and quality of life compared to those not practicing physical exercise.

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Published

2017-06-13

How to Cite

Oliveira, D. V. de, Nascimento Júnior, J. R. A. do, Lima, M. do C. C. de, Leme, D. E. da C., Antunes, M. D., & Bertolini, S. M. M. G. (2017). Functional capacity and quality of life in older women practicing and not practicing hydrogymnastics. Rev Rene, 18(2), 156–163. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000200003

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Research Article

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