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| Ochoa Martínez,Paulina Yesica; Hall López,Javier Arturo; Alarcón Meza,Edgar Ismael; Rentería,Iván; Botelho Teixeira,Ana María Miranda; Lara Zazueta,Humberto; Martin Dantas,Estélio Henrique. |
| Physical function declines in efficiency with advancing age, contributing to disability. Furthermore, metabolic syndrome is a common illness in elderly populations, somatotayping is a technique for description of the physique and can establish a relation with performance and pathology. The aim of this work was to compare the agility, dynamic balance in elderly women with endomorphic mesomorph somatotype with presence or absence of metabolic syndrome. A sample of 18 volunteers was obtained (age 66.5±4.7 years old), all were elderly sedentary women. They were assessed whit anthropometric variables in accordance with ISAK protocol in order to determine Heath & Carter somatotype; presence of metabolic syndrome they were evaluated according with the... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Somatotype; Elderly; Metabolic Syndrome; Agility; Dynamic Balance. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000200046 |
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