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RESISTANT EXERCISES IN THE TREATMENT OF SARCOPENIA
Joint Event on 7th International Conference and Exhibition on PHARMACOLOGY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY & 5th GLOBAL PHYSIOTHERAPY, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION AND SPORTS MEDICINE
March 27-28, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sandra Shiguemi Fukunaga, Leonardo Kenji Nakamura and Daniel Kenji Nozawa
Nozawa Integrated Therapy Institute, Brazil
Posters & Accepted Abstracts : Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci
Abstract:
Introduction: The aging of the human being is a biological process in which the body systems undergo numerous
changes, and it is in this same context that the locomotor system undergoes the decline of its functionality
and equilibrium (Pedrinelli et al., (2009)). Another factor related to aging sarcopenia is a process of
loss of musculoskeletal structures of slow and generalized progression with multifactorial etiology due to the
biological aging of the body, which may affect even the active individuals (Silva et al., 2006) and may occur in
both sexes, but in the more advanced stages there is predominance in females (Silva et al., 2006).
Results: Endurance exercises associated with aerobic exercise are ways of intervening and treating the process
of muscle mass loss in the elderly, and its long-term practice benefits the maintenance of the gains obtained
(Pedrinelli et al., 2009). Fidelis et al., 2013 also testifies to the importance of practicing physical exercises in
the elderly to improve strength, flexibility and mobility. Martinez et al., 2014 states that the strength exercises
associated with aerobic are effective in the treatment of sarcopenia, but also that adequate nutrition is of great
importance for the therapeutic effects.
Conclusion: With these considerations, we can suppose that the resistance to physical exercise associated with
aerobic activity and better nutrition, improve the functional capacity in individuals suffering from the process
of loss of muscle mass due to sarcopenia, but its prescription should be individually based in the physical capacity
and need of each elderly person.
Biography:
Sandra Shiguemi Fukunaga is a physiotherapist and post graduate in latu sense of exercise physiology and acupuncture. She is a professor of the Institute of Technology Education and Health (ITEC). She is also a technical coordinator in one of the largest physical rehabilitation centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil with the team of physiotherapy orthopedic, neurological, oncology and acupuncture.
E-mail: Leokmed@gmail.com
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