Intervención aeróbica en la velocidad de la marcha en un grupo de adultos mayores no institucionalizados.

Abstract

An active and healthy aging will allow the elderly, a better quality of life added to this, the realization of inherent strategies such as the practice of physical activity, which will allow controlling the deterioration of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and cardiovascular systems, which make the human being an independent and functional being. The present investigation is carried out with the objective of measuring the effect of an aerobic intervention on walking speed in a group of non-institutionalized older adults. The working method is a quasi-experimental design before and after in 23 older adults, which consisted of aerobic training three times a week for 12 weeks. The results showed a magnitude of the effect and a significant difference in the evaluation of the senior fitness test compared to the gait speed test and time up and go. It is concluded that a 12-week program of aerobic exercise can generate effects, but these must be accompanied by exercises of muscular strengthening in the lower limbs if it is to achieve greater significant results in increasing walking speed.