Older adult systematic practitioner: tests to assess your physical condition

• Main Authors: Leidys Escalante Candeaux, Manuel Medina Álvarez, Hermenegildo José Pila Hernández, Annia Gómez Valdés
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca" 2019-09-01
• Series: Podium
• Subjects: Adulto mayor; condición física; pruebas físicas.
• Online Access: http://podium.upr.edu.cu/index.php/podium/article/view/827

In Cuba, attention to the Elderly Programme is a priority and physical activity professionals working in this pedagogical field are aware of it. Systematic practitioners of older adults are encouraged to enhance their functional independence, taking into account work with all the physical capacities involved in motor actions. The main objective of the research was to create an instrument that would allow the evaluation of the physical condition with its corresponding methodology, which would allow to increase their quality of life from the improvement of their functional state. In addition to providing the rules to plan a differential work that took into account the differences of sex, age and chronic diseases nontransmissible to the practitioner as an important complement to the battery developed. The program was aimed at older adults who practice physical exercise at least three times a week. The materials used correspond to metric tape, cones, chalks, chairs and weights of 8 kilos for men and five for women. The methods and techniques used were: survey, interview, observation and measurement. With the results of the physical condition assessment, teachers will be able to plan their work better and older adults who are systematic practitioners will benefit from optimal care as they can be attended to in a differentiated manner. In this opportunity the battery is being socialized and its methodology only, the norms for the evaluation will be reason for another article.