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Análise do desempenho motor associado ao estado nutricional de idosos cadastrados no Programa Saúde da Família, no município de Vitória de Santo Antão-PE

The scope of this paper was to investigate the relationship between the nutritional status and the motor skills of the elderly registered in the Family Health Program in the urban area of Vitória de Santo Antão in the State of Pernambuco, by means of a transversal epistemological descriptive-analytical field study. The participants of this survey were 235 elders, both male and female of 60-years-old and over registered in the family health program in the urban area of the city. The nutritional status was evaluated by the body mass index and the circumference of the calf. Four motor tests were used to evaluate motor performance: Time Up&Go, Tinettis Index, Functional Reach and Unipodal Support. The associations were checked using Spearmans correlation. The association of the nutritional status with the motor tests was statistically significant among males* or females**: (Time Up&Go rho = 0.290* / 350**; Functional Reach rho = 0.232* / 352**; Tinettis Index rho = 243* / 363** and Unipodal Support rho = 221* / 475**. The evaluation of the results revealed an association between nutritional status and functional capacity of the elders no matter what gender; with obesity being a limiting nutritional condition to adequate performance in the tests.

Efeito de uma sessão de treinamento de força sobre a qualidade do sono de adolescentes

INTRODUCAO: o sono e uma funcao biologica fundamental para a conservacao da energia e a restauracao do metabolismo energetico.OBJETIVO: analisar o efeito de uma sessao do treinamento de forca realizada em diferentes horarios sobre a qualidade do sono de adolescentes e examinar se a relacao entre a melhoria da qualidade do sono e o horario da sessao de treino se altera apos o ajuste para idade.METODOS: participaram do estudo seis estudantes do sexo masculino moradores internos do IFPE - Campus Vitoria de Santo Antao, PE, Brasil. Foram realizadas tres sessoes de treinamento de forca em diferentes horarios manha, tarde e noite, durante 12 semanas. A escala OMINI-RES foi utilizada para percepcao do esforco. A qualidade do sono foi avaliada pelo Indice de Qualidade do Sono de Pittsburgh PSQI. Ainda foram avaliadas variaveis antropometricas massa corporal, estatura, IMC e a composicao corporal % gordura, massa gorda e massa magra.RESULTADOS: foram observadas diferencas entre as sessoes de treino realizadas em diferentes horarios e a diagnose de qualidade do sono manha: P < 0,001; tarde: P = 0,001; noite: P = 0,047. Houve correlacao entre a sessao de treino realizada pela manha r = 0,95 e a tarde r = 0,92 e a diagnose de qualidade do sono. Utilizando o modelo de regressao linear, as sessoes de treinamento de forca realizadas pela manha R2= 0,91 e tarde R2= 0,75 explicaram de forma significativa a melhora da qualidade do sono em adolescentes, mesmo apos o controle pela idade.CONCLUSAO: as sessoes de treinamento de forca realizadas pela manha e tarde apresentaram melhor resposta de qualidade do sono de adolescentes.

Relation between body composition and bone mineral density in young undregraduate students with different nutritional status

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the relationship between total and segmental body fat, bone mineral density and bone mineral content in undergraduate students stratified according to nutritional status. Methods The study included 45 male undergraduate students aged between 20 and 30 years. Total and segmental body composition, bone mineral density and bone mineral content assessments were performed using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Subjects were allocated into three groups (eutrophic, overweight and obese). Results With the exception of upper limb bone mineral content, significantly higher (p<0.05) mean bone mineral density, bone mineral content, and relative body fat values were documented in the obese group. Total body and segmental relative body fat (lower limbs and trunk) were positively correlated (p<0.05) with bone mineral density in the overweight group. Upper limb fat was negatively correlated (p<0.05) with bone mineral content in the normal and eutrophic groups. Conclusion Total body and segmental body fat were correlated with bone mineral density and bone mineral content in male undergraduate students, particularly in overweight individuals.