Flexibility, Strength, and Balance of Menopausal Women Practicing Exercise

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsBrazilian Registry of Clinical Trials
Year 2019
INTERVENTION: Muscle strength Other Postural Balance The women in the first moment will be divided, one group submitted to physical exercises in the ground containing 5 participants and another one to exercises in the pool, being this group composed of 14 participants. The longitudinal study will assess flexibility, muscle strength and balance at the beginning of treatment and after 10 sessions will be divided into warm‐up, stretching, upper and lower limb strengthening and final relaxation exercises. Blood pressure will be measured before and after exercise. The tests used for each item, respectively, will be: Functional Reach Test, Resisfor, Sit‐Up Test, and TUG. CONDITION: Disorders of menopause and perimenopause ; Menopausal and other perimenopausal disorders M00‐M99 Menopausal and other perimenopausal disorders PRIMARY OUTCOME: Muscle strength was measured in seconds by resisfor test for upper limbs, sitting and lifting for lower limbs. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Flexibility was measured by centimeters using the Functional Range test, Balance assessed in seconds using the Tug (time up and go) test. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Inclusion criteria are all female participants in menopausal climacteric period between the ages of 45 and 65, who are able to perform exercises that were hemodynamically stable and participants in the extension project.
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First added on: Aug 24, 2024