Evaluación de la marcha y el equilibrio mediante el Test de Tinetti modificado e intervención kinética para disminuir el riesgo de caídas en las personas adultas mayores del Centro Gerontológico María Reina de la Paz. Cuenca 2014

Abstract

One of the major changes affecting the quality of life of older people are related to gait and balance. In type Participatory Action Research study 73 seniors Gerontology Center "Mary Queen of Peace" in the city of Cuenca who were administered the test of Tinetti modified for the evaluation of gait and balance were included, later it was made kinetic intervention program using the foundation of Frenkel and on completion of the investigation a new assessment with modified Tinetti test was performed. Each group session, consisted of 16 exercises performed at a frequency of 4 times a week and duration of 20-30 minutes each session. The participants in our study had significant improvement since the middle of the risk of falling before (25.44) and postoperatively (29.82), giving a statistical significance of P = 0.000 which is less than P <0.05, this is you can check the results. This study supports the possibility that the exercise program improves static and dynamic balance and gait. Following the completion of the intervention any elderly got the same score in the second evaluation, mostly presented improvement, although in some cases the improvement was, mild.