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Level of physical activity in elderly women

Authors :
Nelyse de Araújo Alencar
Márcia de Assunção Ferreira
Rodrigo Gomes de Sousa Vale
Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas
Source :
Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 251-257 (2011)
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Universidade de Fortaleza, 2011.

Abstract

Objective: To assess physical activity levels (PAL) in elderly women practitioners of physical activity followed-up by a Family Health team of the city of Crato-CE, Brazil. Methods: To determine the level of physical activity, we used the Modified Baecke Questionnaire for Elderly (MBQE). In the statistical evaluation of obtained differences we applied the Student t test, with a significance level of p

Details

Language :
Portuguese
ISSN :
18061222 and 18061230
Volume :
24
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2a042efa6e408a88c9b46858269ddd
Document Type :
article