摘要：Brandão GS, Oliveira SG, Nogueira LD, Matias MS, Oliveira RF, Pires-Oliveira DA, Vieira RP, Cipriano GFB, Cipriano Júnior G, Chiappa GR, Silva IO, Oliveira LVF. Impact of Functional Home Training on Postural Balance and Functional Mobility in the Elderlies. JEPonline 2019;22(4):46- 57. The aging process causes musculoskeletal changes that result in a decrease in balance and functional mobility, which increases the risk of falls. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a functional home training program on balance and functional mobility in the elderlies. A singlearm clinical trial in which elderlies from a Family Health Unit, 60 yrs of age or older, who had not engaged in physical exercise for 3 months or more and had not been given a medical prescription for regular physical activity in the study. Subjects who had cognitivedecline, as defined by the Mini Mental State Examination were excluded. Sociodemographicdata, anthropometric variables, presence of morbidities, balance, and functional mobility wereevaluated before and after physical training. The functional training took place in the elderlyadult's home with duration of 60 min∙session-1, 3 times∙wk-1for 8 wks. All subjects were givena weekly home orientation. Descriptive statistics, t-test and Pearson's correlation wereperformed. The 15 elderly adults were predominantly women (73.3%) with a mean age of70.4 ± 6.3 yrs. They had low schooling (80%) and a low income (66.9% between 2 minimumwages). Forty percent and 33.3% were overweight or obese, respectively. The functionalhome training resulted in an improvement in functional mobility and balance (P<0.01) with acorrelation between balance and mobility. The findings indicated that the higher the age ofthe elderly the greater the decline in the variables. The functional home training programimproved the postural balance and functional mobility of the elderlies.
