Healthy physical activity for elders. Condition parameters
José Mª Cancela Carral, Vicente Romo Pérez, Francisco Camiña Fernández

SUMMARY

  The evaluation of the physical condition must be considered as an aspect to take into account to the hour of determining the functional capacity of the elders. Due to the was not existing of some references values, as of those which to determine the physical state of the elders, and to the possibilities that this information would give us, to the hour of prescribing exercise, it was what drove us to the carry out this study. The study was carried out in the Galician Autonomous Community and in the were studied 159 men and 692 women, greater of 65 years and registered in physical activity programs. The sample accomplished voluntarily the eight tests of the fact that consists the Battery E.C.F.A, through the one which was evaluated: 1) Corporal Composition, 2) Maximum Force of manual, 3) Balance monopodal, 4) Force abdominal resistance, 5) Previous Flexibility of the trunk, 6) Maximum legs Force, 7) Coordination manual (manual Agility) and 8) Resistance cardio-respiratory (walk 2 km).

KEY WORDS

Physical condition, old, aerobic resistance, physical capacities, corporal composition, normative values.

Vol. 13 nº4-2002