Comparison of Agility and Dynamic Balance in Elderly Women with Endomorphic Mesomorph Somatotype with Presence or Absence of Metabolic Syndrome Comparaci車n de la Agilidad y Equilibrio Din芍mico en Mujeres Adultas Mayores con Somatotipo Mesomorfo Endomorfico y Presencia o Ausencia de S赤ndrome Metab車lico

作者：Paulina Yesica Ochoa Martinez; Javier Arturo Hall Lopez; Edgar Ismael Alarcon Meza; Ivan Renteria

来源：International Journal of Morphology, 2012.

• Somatotipo
• Ancianos
• Sindrome Metabolico
• Agilidad
• Equilibrio Dinamico
• Somatotype
• Elderly
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Agility
• Dynamic Balance

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 %26 Carter somatotype; presence of metabolic syndrome they were evaluated according with the NCEP ATP-III, the agility and dynamic balance was assessed with the functional test Time Up and Go (TUGT). Mean of somatotype in subjects with absence or presence of metabolic syndrome was 6.2-7.9-0.2 and 6.5-8.7-0.1 respectively; Shapiro-Wilk test checked the normality of the distribution in the functional test Time Up and Go, in the group with absence or presence of metabolic syndrome, based on its normality distribution for the intergroup comparison, the Student t test was applied, the significance level, utilized was 95% (P , 0.05) for the sample assessed without metabolic syndrome, the execution time of the functional test TUGT was better in spite of the same somatotype intergroup. The pathological components of metabolic syndrome can be related whit dysfunctional mobility in elderly women. Conforme la edad progresa, se presenta una p谷rdida en la funcionalidad f赤sica del ser humano, contribuyendo al deterioro de su autonom赤a funcional, adem芍s el s赤ndrome metab車lico (SM) es un padecimiento com迆n en poblaciones de adultos mayores. El somatotipo es una t谷cnica utilizada para describir la forma del f赤sico en diferentes tipos de poblaciones que puede establecer una relaci車n con su rendimiento f赤sico y patolog赤as. El objetivo de este trabajo fue comparar la agilidad y equilibrio din芍mico en adultas mayores con un somatotipo mesomorfo-endomorfico con presencia o ausencia de SM. Fue reclutada una muestra de 18 mujeres adultas mayores sedentarias (edad promedio de 66.5㊣4.7 a os). Las variables antropom谷tricas fueron valoradas utilizando los lineamientos establecidos por ISAK y se determin車 el 赤ndice morfol車gico del somatotipo por el procedimiento de Heath %26 Carter. La presencia de SM fue evaluada de acuerdo al NCEP ATP-III, la agilidad y equilibrio din芍mico fue medido mediante el test funcional de Timed up and go (TU