Terapia Física-Pregrado

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    Estudio de la importancia de terapia respiratoria en personas de tercera edad con afección y sin afección respiratoria
    (1996-11-11) Polanco Pérez, William Elias; Campoverde Arévalo, Nicolás Luciano; Santillán Bastidas, Ángel Estuardo
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    Evaluación del riesgo de caídas en personas mayores de 65 años del grupo La Fortaleza de la parroquia Paccha – Cuenca. julio – diciembre 2021
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2021-11-29) González Zhumi, Jessica Mariana; Pérez Jadan, Ana Gabriela; Campoverde Vizhñay, Johanna Lucía
    Antecedents: The population aging growth constitutes a challenge in the public health system; that considers the risk of falls as one of its primary health problems, being this multifactorial by nature. Objective: To determine the risk of falls in the senior citizens from La FortalezaPaccha, Cuenca. Methods: The research was of a descriptive cross-sectional type in which the unityof analysis were the senior citizens from the La Fortaleza group. As of the obtained data from Tinetti’s scale application and questionnaire, a database was made. The frequency and distribution statistics were analyzed with the SPSS version 25 program; in addition, to determine the statistical significance between the risk of falls and the variables, the Chi-Cuadrado statistic was used. The outcomes were presented in statistical tables and charts elaborated in Microsoft Excel 2016. Results: 86 senior citizens with an average age of 76,6 years were evaluated, determining a high risk of falls (61,6 %) in such a population. A relation between the risk of falls and the variables was obtained: age (p=0,000); personal pathological history (p=0,002), this group of pathologies are mainly related to arterial hypertension (p=0,035); and, the relapse of falls both in number and frequency showed a significant statistic (p=0,000). Conclusions: After applying Tinetti’s scale, it is evident a high risk of falls in the population associated mainly with age, number and frequency of falls.
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    Tratamiento fisioterapéutico en pacientes geriatricos con artritis reumatoidea en los centros de rehabilitación Hogar Cristo Rey y tercera edad del I.E.S.S. Cuenca, noviembre 96-febrero 97
    (1997-11-11) Astudillo, Teresa; Lituma, Xavier; Zambrano, Silvia; Santillán Bastidas, Ángel Estuardo; Flores Durán, Carlos Teodoro
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    Valoración de la capacidad aeróbica, mediante la aplicación del Test de caminata de 6 minutos en los adultos mayores del Centro de cuidados del Adulto Mayor. Cuenca. Septiembre 2022-febrero 2023
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-04-06) Sánchez Peralta, Salomé Geovanna; Vázquez Flores, Ricardo Andrés; Cárdenas León, Verónica Vanessa
    Background: The aerobic capacity of an organism serves to maintain a movement intensity during a period of time and is determined by the sufficiency of the organism to use the aerobic metabolism during physical activity. This capacity tends to involute during aging and sedentary lifestyle; therefore, its evaluation is essential in older adults with or without cardiopulmonary diseases. Objective: To know the aerobic capacity of older adults through the 6-minute walk test at the Care Center for the Elderly during the period September 2022- February 2023. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional, observational and prospective study was carried out in individuals who attend the Care Center for the Elderly. The response of the cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neurosensory systems to the stress imposed by exercise was evaluated in an integrated manner using the maximum distance that an individual can walk for six minutes using the 6-minute walk test. Results: There was a predominance of female sex, with a mean age of 79.44 years, most of the participants were overweight, and a minority had a cardiopulmonary history. When applying the 6 Minute Walk Test, most patients did not comply with the meters determined for their age, likewise, when using the Borg scale, most of them presented severe dyspnea levels, likewise, there is a significant relationship in terms of age with the meters walked and the severity of dyspnea as well as with the cardiopulmonary history. Conclusions: In the application of the test, the participants did not meet the predicted meters for their age, additionally, having a cardiopulmonary history or 80 years or older was significantly related to severe dyspnea, but not nutritional status and sex.
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    Valoración del equilibrio en pacientes con Parkinson a través del índice de Berg en centros residenciales del adulto mayor, Cuenca 2021
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2022-05-19) Gómez Urgilez, Cintya Viviana; Zambrano Aguilar, Yuleidy Lissette; Méndez Sacta, Viviana Catalina
    Background: The Parkinsons Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative and infrequent disease, it is the second after dementia of the Alzheimer's type, it affects 1 or 2 in 100 elderly people older than 60 years and it can be caused by environmental or genetics factors. This patology brings significative disturbances like: tremors, bradykinesia, rigidity and imbalances that lead to a high rate of disability that directly affects the quality of life of those who suffer it. General objective: To determine disturbances of balance by ussing the Berg Balance Scale application into Parkinson’s patients of the residential centers for elderly in Cuenca. Methodology: descriptive and cross-sectional study in 15 older patients of a lot of residential centers from Cuenca, to whom the Berg Balance Scale was applied. The results were processed with Excel and the SPSS V15.0 software and displayed in tables. Results: It was determined that patients with Parkinson's disease, mostly comprised age range between 81 to 90 years, predominantly males. In addition, to present a high risk for falls, according to the Berg scale and stages III and IV predominated in the population, however, when correlating the variables such as: age, sex, disease stage and alteration of balance, no significant relationship was found. Conclusion: The Balance Berg Scale is a useful tool to measure the balance disturbance and the risk of falls in elderly people with Parkinson's disease, it showed excellent validity and reliability. Although the instrument used was adequate; it is necessary to mention that the results don't show a significant relationship with the proposed variables, since the sample for this study was small.