Soares Antonio Vinicius, Marcelino Elessandra, Maia Késsia Cristina, Borges Noé Gomes
Associação Educacional Luterana Bom Jesus, Joinville, SC, Brazil.
Faculdade Guilherme Guimbala, Joinville, SC, Brazil.
Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2017 Jul-Sep;15(3):278-282. doi: 10.1590/S1679-45082017AO3932.
To investigate the relation between functional mobility and dynapenia in institutionalized frail elderly.
A descriptive, correlational study involving 26 institutionalized elderly men and women, mean age 82.3±6 years. The instruments employed were the Mini Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the Timed Up and Go test, a handgrip dynamometer and a portable dynamometer for large muscle groups (shoulder, elbow and hip flexors, knee extensors and ankle dorsiflexors).
Significant negative correlation between functional mobility levels assessed by the Timed Up and Go test and dynapenia was observed in all muscle groups evaluated, particularly in knee extensors (r -0.65).
A significant negative correlation between muscle strength, particularly knee extensor strength, and functional mobility was found in institutionalized elderly. Data presented indicate that the higher the muscle strength, the shorter the execution time, and this could demonstrate better performance in this functional mobility test.
探讨机构养老的体弱老年人功能活动能力与肌肉减少症之间的关系。
一项描述性、相关性研究，纳入了26名机构养老的老年男性和女性，平均年龄82.3±6岁。所使用的工具包括简易精神状态检查表、老年抑郁量表、国际体力活动问卷、计时起立行走测试、握力计以及用于大肌肉群（肩部、肘部和髋部屈肌、膝部伸肌和踝背屈肌）的便携式测力计。
在所有评估的肌肉群中，尤其是膝部伸肌（r -0.65），通过计时起立行走测试评估的功能活动能力水平与肌肉减少症之间存在显著负相关。
在机构养老的老年人中，发现肌肉力量，尤其是膝部伸肌力量，与功能活动能力之间存在显著负相关。所呈现的数据表明，肌肉力量越高，执行时间越短，这可能表明在该功能活动能力测试中表现更好。
