Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between body adiposity and postural control in elderly women. INTRODUCTION: Aging and obesity account for a significant portion of healthcare spending. Life expectancy is increasing worldwide, and Rio de Janeiro has the largest...
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| author | Míriam Raquel Meira Mainenti Érika de Carvalho Rodrigues Juliana Flávia de Oliveira Arthur de Sá Ferreira Cristina Márcia Dias André Luís dos Santos Silva |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between body adiposity and postural control in elderly women. INTRODUCTION: Aging and obesity account for a significant portion of healthcare spending. Life expectancy is increasing worldwide, and Rio de Janeiro has the largest proportion of elderly residents of all Brazilian states. METHODS: A total of 45 women underwent bioelectrical impedance analysis, waist circumference measurements, weight and height measurements, and stabilometric tests in eight different stance conditions (opened and closed bases with both eyes opened and closed and right and left tandem and unilateral stances with eyes opened). During unilateral stances, the number of hand or foot contacts was counted. RESULTS: Weight, body mass index, waist circumference, fat percentage, and fat mass showed statistically significant (p,0.05) and positive correlations with the number of contacts made during unilateral stances. The subjects with greater fat mass showed significantly higher anterior-posterior standard deviation and range when their eyes were closed. The sway area was also greater for this group in opened base when their eyes were closed. DISCUSSION: The results relating body adiposity and postural control can be explained by the difficulty of maintaining a greater quantity of body fat mass within the limits of the individual support base, especially while assuming a unilateral stance. CONCLUSION: The subjects with a greater fat mass exhibited poor balance control, indicating that body adiposity level was associated with postural control in the elderly women examined in the present study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d2bbe17e46f42439c87d023d616c73f2022-12-22T03:37:27ZengElsevier EspañaClinics1807-59321980-53222011-01-016691513151810.1590/S1807-59322011000900001Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian womenMíriam Raquel Meira MainentiÉrika de Carvalho RodriguesJuliana Flávia de OliveiraArthur de Sá FerreiraCristina Márcia DiasAndré Luís dos Santos SilvaOBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between body adiposity and postural control in elderly women. INTRODUCTION: Aging and obesity account for a significant portion of healthcare spending. Life expectancy is increasing worldwide, and Rio de Janeiro has the largest proportion of elderly residents of all Brazilian states. METHODS: A total of 45 women underwent bioelectrical impedance analysis, waist circumference measurements, weight and height measurements, and stabilometric tests in eight different stance conditions (opened and closed bases with both eyes opened and closed and right and left tandem and unilateral stances with eyes opened). During unilateral stances, the number of hand or foot contacts was counted. RESULTS: Weight, body mass index, waist circumference, fat percentage, and fat mass showed statistically significant (p,0.05) and positive correlations with the number of contacts made during unilateral stances. The subjects with greater fat mass showed significantly higher anterior-posterior standard deviation and range when their eyes were closed. The sway area was also greater for this group in opened base when their eyes were closed. DISCUSSION: The results relating body adiposity and postural control can be explained by the difficulty of maintaining a greater quantity of body fat mass within the limits of the individual support base, especially while assuming a unilateral stance. CONCLUSION: The subjects with a greater fat mass exhibited poor balance control, indicating that body adiposity level was associated with postural control in the elderly women examined in the present study.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000900001Body compositionBody fat distributionBiomechanicsMusculoskeletal equilibriumAging |
| spellingShingle | Míriam Raquel Meira Mainenti Érika de Carvalho Rodrigues Juliana Flávia de Oliveira Arthur de Sá Ferreira Cristina Márcia Dias André Luís dos Santos Silva Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women Clinics Body composition Body fat distribution Biomechanics Musculoskeletal equilibrium Aging |
| title | Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women |
| title_full | Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women |
| title_fullStr | Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women |
| title_short | Adiposity and postural balance control: correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women |
| title_sort | adiposity and postural balance control correlations between bioelectrical impedance and stabilometric signals in elderly brazilian women |
| topic | Body composition Body fat distribution Biomechanics Musculoskeletal equilibrium Aging |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000900001 |
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