Banca de DEFESA: FLÁVIO ANSELMO SILVA DE LIMA

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STUDENT : FLÁVIO ANSELMO SILVA DE LIMA
DATE: 09/04/2021
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Sala virtual
TITLE:

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WORK MEMORY AND PHYSICAL CAPACITY IN ELDERLY PRACTICING IN PHYSICAL EXERCISES IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

KEY WORDS:

physical capacity, working memory,aging, elderly.

PAGES: 95
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Educação Física
SUMMARY:

Aging normally brings with it functional, cognitive and physical losses, impairing independence in daily tasks. Therefore, we aim to analyze whether there is an association between working memory and elderly people physical capacities who practice multicomponent exercises performed in the aquatic environment. A cross-sectional, analytical, descriptive study was carried out with a sample consisting of 77 individuals, 20 men (aged between 61 and 88 years), and 57 women (aged between 60 and 94 years) participating in the extension Project linked to the Department of Physical Education “Minha Melhor Idade” at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, the working memory and physical capacities of the participants were assessed. The results were treated by descriptive and inferential statistics using the jamovi software (2020), v.1.2, to perform the analyzes. The results obtained showed that education (P = 0.013), handgrip (P = 0.017), acceleration speed (P = 0.013) and balance (P = 0.010) were associated with better performance in working memory through the N- back.. As for the difference between the groups, in addition to the previous variables, upper limb flexibility (P = 0.002), lower limb flexibility (P = 0.010) and aerobic power (P = 0.019) showed significant differences between the male and female groups. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the practice of physical exercises, including exercises with aerobic and anaerobic characteristics, as well as static and dynamic balance exercises, provide better responses in the working memory of the elderly.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 396726 - JONATAS DE FRANCA BARROS
Interno - 2682821 - EDUARDO CALDAS COSTA
Externo ao Programa - 2413545 - LEONIDAS DE OLIVEIRA NETO
Externo à Instituição - ANDRÉ RIBEIRO DA SILVA - UnB
Externo à Instituição - HELIO FRANKLIN RODRIGUES DE ALMEIDA - UNIR