Body balance and isokinetic strength assessment of the flexors and knee extensors in a sarcopenic, diabetic elderly individual with complete visual impairment: a comparative case study

Authors

  • Daniela Virote Kassick Müller Universidade Federal do Pampa
  • Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares Universidade Federal do Pampa
  • Maria Gabriela Valle Gottlieb Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Rodolfo Herberto Schneider Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13037/ras.vol14n48.3616

Keywords:

elderly, postural balance, visual impairment, sarcopenia

Abstract

Objective: assess, describe and compare the body balance and the muscle strength of knee flexors andextensors of a sarcopenic elderly individual with type 2 Diabletes Mellitus (DM2) and total visualimpairment, with two other elderlies in similar conditions, but without visual impairment. Casedescription: This descriptive-comparative study assessed a sarcopenic elderly patient with DM2 and totalvisual impairment (1 subject), comparing him with 2 sarcopenics elderly patients with DM2, but withoutvisual impairment (subjects 2 and 3). Balance variables were evaluated by the Sensory Organization Test(SOT), using NeuroCom® International Smart Equitest™ in six different conditions in which posturalcontrol mechanisms were requested in different ways. For each condition three attempts were performed,generating then a performance average for each condition. It was later gathered data on knee flexorsand extensors muscle strength and power by Biodex System 4 Pro® isokinetic dynamometer at speeds of60 and 180°/ sec. Conclusion: The study results showed that the subject 1 even presenting total visualimpairment presented a good body balance when compared with the overall average, and with subjects 2and 3, but presented a greater muscle strength deficit in comparison with subjects 2 and 3.

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Author Biographies

Daniela Virote Kassick Müller, Universidade Federal do Pampa

Doutoranda em Gerontologia Biomédica (PUCRS), Mestre em Engenharia de Produção com ênfase em Ergonomia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil. Professora Assistente do Curso de Fisioterapia da Univesidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).

Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares, Universidade Federal do Pampa

Doutoranda em Gerontologia Biomédica (PUCRS), Mestre em Ciências do Movimento Humano da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Professora Assistente do Curso de Fisioterapia da Univesidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa).

Maria Gabriela Valle Gottlieb, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutora em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande de Sul (Ph.D.), Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Rodolfo Herberto Schneider, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) (Ph.D.), Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

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Published

2016-05-19

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Vol. 14 No. 48 (2016): Revista de Atenção à Saúde

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