Avaliação da qualidade de vida e da flexibilidade de mulheres climatéricas após alongamento - estudo piloto
Autor: | Andressa da Silva; Silmara Patrícia Correia da Silva Macri; Cristina Maria Nunes Cabral |
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Sprache: | Portugiesisch |
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2011 |
Quelle: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
Online Zugang: |
http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92921260020 https://doaj.org/toc/1677-1028 https://doaj.org/toc/1983-9324 1677-1028 1983-9324 https://doaj.org/article/c0e2d4f26cfe4c93a24a68e179be1781 https://doaj.org/article/c0e2d4f26cfe4c93a24a68e179be1781 |
Erfassungsnummer: | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c0e2d4f26cfe4c93a24a68e179be1781 |
Zusammenfassung
Objective: To verify the effect of muscular stretching in the quality of life and flexibility of climacteric women. Methods: Ten non-athletes women were selected, in the climacterium period with at least two climacteric symptoms in the last six months. The quality of life was evaluated by the Woman's Health Questionnaire and the flexibility by the fingertip-to-floor test. The participants accomplished active muscular stretching exercises for six weeks, three times a week and duration of 40 minutes each session. Results: There was a significant improvement of the flexibility after muscular stretching exercises (p=0.05). The domains of the quality of life that presented significant improvement after the muscular stretching exercises were memory and concentration (p=0.024) and the vasomotor symptoms (p=0.020). Conclusions: It can be suggested that muscular stretching exercises provided improvement of the flexibility and some domains of the quality of life, as memory and concentration and vasomotor symptoms.