Effect of a program of functional reeducation in the sênior people's flexibility
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.rto.2000.224339Keywords:
Aged, Aging, Remedial teaching, Pliability, Physical therapy/methodsAbstract
The aging produces alterations in almost ali the organic systems, mainly in the muscular and skeletal system. One of the most frequent alterations is the decrease of the muscular elasticity and the increase of the rigidity of several articulations that cart decrease of movement affecting the mobility. This study had for objective to evaluate the effect of a program of functional reeducation in the sênior people's flexibility, through the photographic method. We met significant improves in the flexibility and in the leveis of the superior members during the test third modified finger-ground, after the application of the program.
Downloads
References
.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2000 Revista de Terapia Ocupacional da Universidade de São Paulo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.