Programa de ejercicios fisioterapéuticos de tren superior e inferior en adultos mayores para manejar el riesgo de caídas en un centro gerontológico

Abstract

Falls in the Elderly, comprise one of the public health problems and the deterioration of balance corresponds to one of the most important causes of the risk of falls and exercise is one of the most common intervention systems for the reduction of falls, taking Keep in mind that therapeutic balance exercise is one of the preventive efforts for balance and posture, focused on reducing the risk of falls in this age group; with the objective of implementing a program of upper and lower body physiotherapeutic exercises in Older Adults to improve the risk of falls. Falls in Older Adults (AM) create a health problem and represent a great economic consequence in society. It is estimated that around 70% of falls in MA have clinical consequences and 50% suffer from functional deterioration that is not impossible to recover, with loss of autonomy and level of functional dependence, where their quality of life and later mortality; The study had a non-experimental descriptive methodology, a quantitative cross-sectional approach. For the investigation, the Tinetti Test was applied, which measures the level of falls in the Elderly, it was tabulated in Excel, for data processing and statistical analysis the Mann - Whitney U test and the SPSS2 2020 computer system for Windows were used. in Spanish. The process was applied at the end of the investigation. The risk of falls in MA improved after the application of physiotherapeutic exercises, from a 70% high risk of falls in the initial assessment, it decreased to 15% in the final assessment. The low-intensity Vivifrail upper and lower body exercise program has a positive impact on balance and gait in AM, improving quality of life and reducing the risk of falls.