Avaliação de variáveis respiratórias e do desempenho físico em mulheres idosas submetidas ao treinamento resistido

Abstract

Objective: to verify in elderly women practitioners of resistance training (RT) the behavior of Maximum Inspiratory Pressure (Mip) and Expiratory (Mep), amplitude ring, Axillary (AAx), Xifoideana (AXi) and Abdominal (AAb), the peak of Expiratory flow (PEF) and the distance travelled in Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT). Methodology: Two studies were developed with elderly women aged between 60 and 79 years. In study I, the sample consisted of 53 elderly women divided into two groups. The group of trained (GT) was composed of 28 women participants of a RT program and the group of non-trained (GNT) was composed of 25 sedentary or irregularly active women. In study II, the sample consisted of 24 elderly women, sedentary or irregularly active, who underwent a 12-week RT program. The elderly women were evaluated for Mip and Mep with the use of manovacuometry, thoracoabdominal amplitudes by cirtometry, PEF using the PEF or Peak-Flow meter and walking performance through the ISWT. In the statistical analysis in the study I was applied the Unpaired Student's t-Test and in Study II Student's t-Test was applied for related samples. The Pearson Correlation Test was used to correlate the respiratory variables with the distance covered in the ISWT. The level of significance was p ≤ 0.05. RESULTS: In the study I of the walk and the respiratory variables studied, except for AAb, found significant and superior differences in GT in relation to GNT, as well as in study II in the post-RT study. Correlation between respiratory variables and ISWT performance was only observed between this and AXi in study I. Conclusion: In study I, elderly women participating in a RT extension program presented higher and significant differences in Mip, Mep, AAx , AXi, Peak-Flow and performance in the ISWT when compared to sedentary or irregularly active elderly women, as well as, showed a significant correlation between AXi and ISWT performance. In study II, the RT promoted significant changes in respiratory variables and walking performance, except in AAb, however, no correlation was found between the respiratory variables studied and the results in the ISWT.