LONG-TERM ADHERENCE TO EXERCISE: THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FUNCTIONAL FITNESS AND PERSONAL MOTIVATION AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING INDEPENDENT-LIVING OLDER WOMEN

Autores

  • Philipe de Souto Barreto Université de la Méditerranée, unité d’Anthropologie: CNRS UMR 6578
  • José Carlos Jaenes Sánchez Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Palavras-chave:

Dance, older adults, exercise adherence, physical fitness.

Resumo

Objective: The aim of this study were to examine the relationships between functional fitness, self-esteem, aesthetic body care and long-term adherence to dance, and to identify other characteristics related to dance adherence in the elderly. Methods: Seventeen women, aged 59-86 years-old, who practised a type of dance labeled “bodily expression”. Results: Functional fitness was correlated to dance adherence and was the only factor related to this variable in a linear regression analysis. Self-esteem and aesthetic body care seemed to play an indirect role on adherence. Functional fitness, specially upper-body flexibility and lower-body muscular function, and interest in dance (qualitative data) were related to long-term adherence to dance. Conclusions: Functional fitness and interest in exercising were the main aspects related to participants’ long-term adherence to dance.

Biografia do Autor

Philipe de Souto Barreto, Université de la Méditerranée, unité d’Anthropologie: CNRS UMR 6578

Professor de Educação Fisica

Doutorando em Antropologia Biologica, Université de la Méditerranée, unité d’Anthropologie: CNRS UMR 6578

Telephone number: (0033) 496152690

Fax number: (0033) 491608062

 

José Carlos Jaenes Sánchez, Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Doutor em Psicologia

Centro Andaluz de Medicina del Deporte (CAMD)

Psicología de la Actividad Física y del Deporte

Departamento de Ciencias Sociales

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Carretera de Utrera km. 1

41013 Sevilla, España

 

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Publicado

2011-07-01

Edição

v. 33 n. 1 (2011)

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