L’objectif principal de cette thèse est d’évaluer l’impact thérapeutique d’une intervention de stimulation cognitive associée à un programme d’activité physique au stade léger à modéré de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Précisément, il s’agit de détailler les effets respectifs et combinés de ces interventions selon les trois dimensions suivantes : 1) le fonctionnement cognitif général, 2) le fonctionnement exécutif à travers la mise à jour, l’alternance, l’inhibition et la planification, 3) le fonctionnement psychosocial, intégrant l’anxiété et la dépression. L’étude principale de cette thèse a comparé les performances pré- et post-intervention de 67 patients répartis en quatre groupes (i.e., groupe stimulation cognitive, groupe activité physique, groupe stimulation cognitive plus activité physique, groupe contrôle). Les résultats ont montré que, 1) la stimulation cognitive permet l’amélioration du fonctionnement cognitif général et le maintien des capacités d’alternance et de mise à jour, 2) l’activité physique favorise l’amélioration des capacités d’inhibition et le maintien des capacités d’alternance, et 3), l’association de la stimulation cognitive et de l’activité physique permet l’amélioration du fonctionnement cognitif général, l’amélioration des performances d’alternance et d’inhibition et le maintien des capacités de mise à jour. L’ensemble de ces résultats met en évidence le potentiel thérapeutique de la stimulation cognitive et de l’activité physique dans le traitement de la maladie d’Alzheimer. De plus, les données recueillies montrent que les bénéfices des interventions sont d’autant plus importants lorsque le programme intègre les deux formes de prises en charge. Les mécanismes par lesquels s’opèrent les changements dans la cognition des personnes souffrant d’Alzheimer sont discutés à travers le concept de réserve cognitive. L’enjeu des futures recherches réside dans le développement de thérapies visant le maintien du fonctionnement exécutif à travers la stimulation des capacités physiques et cognitives. / The principal objective of this thesis was to evaluate the therapeutic impact of an intervention which combines a cognitive stimulation program and a physical activity program in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the objective was to detail the respective and combined effects of these interventions in the three following dimensions, 1) general cognitive functioning, 2) executive functioning with updating, switching, inhibition and planning, 3) psychosocial functioning, including anxiety and depression. The main study of this thesis examines the pre-and post-intervention scores of 67 patients assigned into four groups (i.e., cognitive stimulation, physical activity, cognitive stimulation combined with physical activity, and control). The data showed that, 1) cognitive stimulation improved general cognitive functioning and maintained updating and switching abilities, 2) physical activity improved inhibition and switching abilities, and 3) associate cognitive stimulation and physical activity allowed the improvement of general cognitive functioning, inhibition and switching abilities, and allowed remaining updating abilities. Taken together, these results demonstrate the therapeutic effects of cognitive stimulation and physical activity in Alzheimer's disease treatment. Moreover, the data collected showed that the benefits of the interventions were particularly important when the program included both interventions. Mechanisms of changes in cognition of Alzheimer's patients are discussed through the concept of cognitive reserve. The aim for future researches is to develop programs of cognitive stimulation and physical activities to preserve executive functioning.

<p>Alla människor behöver aktivera sig fysiskt och motionera på ett eller annat sätt. Men för att kunna motionera krävs det att motivation finns. Forskning har visat att motivation går att dela in i framförallt två former, det är inre motivation och yttre motivation. Den senare formen finns i fyra olika grader. Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka vad som upplevdes motivera till motion hos medlemmar på Friskis & Svettis. Undersökningen genomfördes genom intervjuer, data som framkom analyserades sedan genom den hermeneutiska cirkeln. Resultatet som framkom var att det framförallt var inre motivation som påverkade medlemmar till att motionera. Yttre motivation påverkade endast under kortare perioder vid tillfälliga hinder för att motionera. Inre motivation är något som personer inte kan skapa utan de måste upptäcka det inom sig själva.</p>

<p>Syftet var att beskriva distriktssköterskans erfarenheter och inställningar till FYSS samt förskrivning av FaR vid hälsocentraler med hög respektive låg förskrivning. Sjutton distriktssköterskor deltog från två topplistplacerade hälsocentraler och en icke topplistplacerade hälsocentral i ett län, i Mellansverige. Datainsamlingen gjordes genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och analyserades utifrån kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Analysen gav två kategorier</p><p><strong><em>Organisation och <strong><em>Individ för de topplistade hälsocentralerna respektive den icke topplistade hälsocentralen samt sex underkategorier vardera. Kategorin Organisation inom de topplistade hälsocentralerna innehöll underkategorierna <em>ledningsstöd, utbildning samt <em>uppföljning och ekonomi. Kategorin Individ beskrev <em>förskrivarens inställning, distriktssköterska med specialiserat arbete och <em>förskrivna motionsformer. Kategorin Organisation inom den icke topplistade hälsocentralen innehöll underkategorierna <em>ledningsstöd, att öka motivationen och <em>samarbete. Kategorin Individ beskrev underkategorierna <em>förskrivarens inställning, att motivera till livsstilsförändring samt <em>uppföljning. FaR förskrevs främst av distriktssköterskor inom diabetes- och blodtrycksmottagningar och de upplevde ledningens stöd. Vid den icke topplistplacerade hälsocentralen saknades ledningsstöd, alla hade inte FaR-utbildning. Tid till kollegiediskussioner för att få in rutiner, läkarstöd p.g.a. patienters multipla sjukdomsdiagnoser och kunskap om förskrivningsbara aktiviteter efterfrågades. Lyckad förskrivning krävde motiverade patienter, individanpassade motionsformer och samarbete med t.ex. sjukgymnaster. Chefer <em>"tryckte på" för ökat antal förskrivningar, utbildning om förhållningssätt att motivera till fysisk aktivitet önskades. FaR uppgavs vara ett av distriktssköterskans ansvarsområden och förväntades öka i framtiden. </em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></strong></em></strong></p> / <p>The purpose was to describe district nurses’ experiences and perceptions of Physical activity in Disease prevention and Treatment and Prescriptions of Physical activity (PaP), in health centers, reported high respectively low prescriptions of physical activities. Seventeen district nurses, from two top listed and one not top listed center, in a county, in the middle of Sweden participated. Semi-structured interviews analyzed by qualitative content analysis resulted in two categories</p><p><strong><em>Organization and <strong><em>Individual and six subcategories respectively, for both groups. The category Organization within the top listed centers’ included the subcategories <em>management support, education and <em>follow-ups and economy. The category Individual described <em>preceptor’s attitudes, district nurse with specialized work and <em>type of activities. The category Organization within the not top listed centre included <em>management support, to increase motivation and <em>cooperation. The category Individual described <em>preceptor’s attitudes, to motivate lifestyle changes and <em>follow-ups. PaP occurred mainly in diabetes and blood pressure care, management support was experienced. In the not top listed centre, management support and education lacked. Time for collegial discussions forming routines, physicians’ support and knowledge about type of activities were requested. Successful prescription required motivated patients, individualized activities and interaction with physiotherapists. Educations supporting patients’ motivation were demanded, managements’ stressed increased prescriptions and PaP was reported a district nurse responsibility, expected to increase. </em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></strong></em></strong></p>

Syftet var att beskriva distriktssköterskans erfarenheter och inställningar till FYSS samt förskrivning av FaR vid hälsocentraler med hög respektive låg förskrivning. Sjutton distriktssköterskor deltog från två topplistplacerade hälsocentraler och en icke topplistplacerade hälsocentral i ett län, i Mellansverige. Datainsamlingen gjordes genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och analyserades utifrån kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Analysen gav två kategorier Organisation och Individ för de topplistade hälsocentralerna respektive den icke topplistade hälsocentralen samt sex underkategorier vardera. Kategorin Organisation inom de topplistade hälsocentralerna innehöll underkategorierna ledningsstöd, utbildning samt uppföljning och ekonomi. Kategorin Individ beskrev förskrivarens inställning, distriktssköterska med specialiserat arbete och förskrivna motionsformer. Kategorin Organisation inom den icke topplistade hälsocentralen innehöll underkategorierna ledningsstöd, att öka motivationen och samarbete. Kategorin Individ beskrev underkategorierna förskrivarens inställning, att motivera till livsstilsförändring samt uppföljning. FaR förskrevs främst av distriktssköterskor inom diabetes- och blodtrycksmottagningar och de upplevde ledningens stöd. Vid den icke topplistplacerade hälsocentralen saknades ledningsstöd, alla hade inte FaR-utbildning. Tid till kollegiediskussioner för att få in rutiner, läkarstöd p.g.a. patienters multipla sjukdomsdiagnoser och kunskap om förskrivningsbara aktiviteter efterfrågades. Lyckad förskrivning krävde motiverade patienter, individanpassade motionsformer och samarbete med t.ex. sjukgymnaster. Chefer "tryckte på" för ökat antal förskrivningar, utbildning om förhållningssätt att motivera till fysisk aktivitet önskades. FaR uppgavs vara ett av distriktssköterskans ansvarsområden och förväntades öka i framtiden. / The purpose was to describe district nurses’ experiences and perceptions of Physical activity in Disease prevention and Treatment and Prescriptions of Physical activity (PaP), in health centers, reported high respectively low prescriptions of physical activities. Seventeen district nurses, from two top listed and one not top listed center, in a county, in the middle of Sweden participated. Semi-structured interviews analyzed by qualitative content analysis resulted in two categories Organization and Individual and six subcategories respectively, for both groups. The category Organization within the top listed centers’ included the subcategories management support, education and follow-ups and economy. The category Individual described preceptor’s attitudes, district nurse with specialized work and type of activities. The category Organization within the not top listed centre included management support, to increase motivation and cooperation. The category Individual described preceptor’s attitudes, to motivate lifestyle changes and follow-ups. PaP occurred mainly in diabetes and blood pressure care, management support was experienced. In the not top listed centre, management support and education lacked. Time for collegial discussions forming routines, physicians’ support and knowledge about type of activities were requested. Successful prescription required motivated patients, individualized activities and interaction with physiotherapists. Educations supporting patients’ motivation were demanded, managements’ stressed increased prescriptions and PaP was reported a district nurse responsibility, expected to increase.

Alla människor behöver aktivera sig fysiskt och motionera på ett eller annat sätt. Men för att kunna motionera krävs det att motivation finns. Forskning har visat att motivation går att dela in i framförallt två former, det är inre motivation och yttre motivation. Den senare formen finns i fyra olika grader. Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka vad som upplevdes motivera till motion hos medlemmar på Friskis &amp; Svettis. Undersökningen genomfördes genom intervjuer, data som framkom analyserades sedan genom den hermeneutiska cirkeln. Resultatet som framkom var att det framförallt var inre motivation som påverkade medlemmar till att motionera. Yttre motivation påverkade endast under kortare perioder vid tillfälliga hinder för att motionera. Inre motivation är något som personer inte kan skapa utan de måste upptäcka det inom sig själva.

The purpose of this study is to gain understanding of when and how the preschool teacher is working with physics in preschool, and if there is any difference in the work depending on the age of the children. The survey was conducted with qualitative interviews with ten preschool teachers. The result of the survey showed that there are some differences and similarities in the work of physics in preschool depending on the age group you are working in. The activities chosen to make physics visible to the children, and how to help each other in different departments to get tips and advice for work with physics was different. The teachers of toddlers section (1-3) saw physics in everyday situations and tried to take advantage of these situations and they felt lonely in their planning of work with physics. While large children's departments (3-5) had planned activities and took advantage of physics in everyday situations with the work with physics and they had more collaboration between different departments. All teachers see the time they go to the forest as the planned time they have focused on natural sciences and physics. But physics is not usually visible during this time. / Syftet med detta examensarbete är att få en uppfattning om när och hur förskollärare arbetar med fysik i förskolan och om det är någon skillnad i arbetet beroende på vilken ålder det är på barnen i den barngrupp man arbetar. Undersökningen är gjord med kvalitativa intervjuer med 10 förskollärare. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att det finns vissa skillnader och likheter i arbetet med fysik i förskolan beroende på vilken åldersgrupp man arbetar i. Vilka aktiviteter man väljer för att synliggöra fysik för barnen och hur man tar hjälp av varandra på olika avdelningar för att få tips och råd inför arbetet med fysik skilde sig åt. Pedagogerna på småbarnsavdelning(1-3) såg fysik mestadels i vardagen och försökte ta tillvara på dessa situationer och de kände sig ensamma i sin planering kring arbetet med fysik. Storbarnsavdelningarna(3-5) hade däremot planerade aktiviteter men tog också tillvara på fysik i vardagen i arbetet kring fysik och de hade mer samarbete mellan avdelningar. Samtliga pedagoger ser den tid de går till skogen som den planerade tid som de har inriktad mot naturvetenskap och fysik. Men fysik synliggörs vanligtvis inte under denna tid.

L’objectif général de cette thèse est de se demander dans quelle mesure – notamment au cours de l’adolescence – les alternatives réelles de mobilités à vélo des filles sont particulièrement limitées par rapport à celles des garçons. Nos résultats s’appuient à la fois sur l’exploitation statistique de la dernière Enquête Nationale Transports et Déplacements disponible (ENTD 2008) ; sur de l’observation directe et indirecte ; sur un corpus de 101 entretiens semi-directifs réalisés avec 43 garçons et 39 filles âgé(e)s de 17 ou 18 ans, ainsi que 26 de leurs parents, dans des milieux géographiques et sociaux variés des métropoles de Montpellier et de Strasbourg ; sur un corpus d’images (n = 200); sur un corpus de discussions électroniques (n = 22); et sur un corpus d’articles numériques d’information (n = 30).À travers une analyse sociologique notamment dispositionnaliste et autant que possible intersectionnelle, nous montrons que les socialisations sexuées au (et par le) vélo méritent d'être analysées dans leurs articulations avec les dimensions sexuées des socialisations aux activités physiques/sportives, des socialisations à l’investissement de l’espace public ; des socialisations au risque ; et des socialisations à la sexualité hétéronormée, mais également dans leurs articulations avec les normes et les codes de beauté sexué(e)s. Si toutes les adolescentes ne sont pas sujettes de la même manière aux mêmes injonctions socialisatrices – de surcroît parfois contradictoires entre elles – celles qui impactent essentiellement des filles participent notamment à l’incorporation ou au renforcement de dispositions assujettissantes à protéger son corps, à éviter de forcer physiquement, à craindre de se déplacer seules, de s’aventurer, et de traîner dans l’espace public. Coproduites et mutuellement renforcées avec des compétences cyclistes sexuées, ces dispositions peuvent être plus ou moins activées ou mises en veille selon les contextes. Malgré des variations – notamment observées selon les milieux socio-économiques et résidentiels – elles se repèrent chez des filles de tous les milieux et ont pour effet de restreindre leurs possibilités réelles de s’engager dans des formes de pratiques du vélo ludiques, « de vitesse », « de force », d’endurance, solitaires, aventurières, improvisées, « circulaires », et « de stationnement ».Ces constats sont notamment liés au renforcement – au cours de l’adolescence – des pratiques éducatives sexuées, principalement motivées par le souci des parents de protéger leurs filles des risques de violences sexuelles. Il ne faut pas pour autant sous-estimer le rôle joué par les croyances héritées des religions et des résistances acharnées de la médecine au sport féminin. Au même titre, les agents de socialisation incarnés par les médias et les groupes de pairs, mais également par les vélos, équipements et habillements sexués, sont à prendre très au sérieux. En outre, le clivage sexué des possibilités réelles de pratiques de mobilité à vélo ne semble jamais aussi prononcé que dans les Quartiers Prioritaires de la Ville (QPV) particulièrement défavorisés. À l’opposé, le clivage en question parait réduit chez les adolescent(e)s pour qui le vélo constitue à la fois un divertissement/loisir et leur mode de déplacement préféré. Si le groupe en question comporte – en proportion – peu de filles (n = 4), celles-ci présentent toutes des compétences et dispositions caractéristiques du sexe opposé et bénéficient d’opportunités réelles de mobilités à vélo ainsi que d’un d’accès spatio-temporel à l’espace public bien supérieur(e)s à celles des filles dans leur ensemble. Dans la mesure où les filles en question tendent également à partager à la fois des équipements et des dispositions caractéristiques des fractions intellectuelles des catégories moyennes, les données récoltées suggèrent en somme que le vélo mériterait d’être analysé en tant que pratique de distinction à la fois sexuée, sociale et spatiale / The main purpose of this thesis is to ask to what extent – especially during adolescence – girls have fewer real opportunities to bicycle than teenage boys. Our results are based both on the statistical exploitation of the latest National Transport and Travel Survey available (ENTD 2008); on direct and indirect observation; on a corpus of 101 semi-structured interviews with 43 boys and 39 girls aged 17 or 18, as well as 26 of their parents, in various geographical and social settings of the Montpellier and Strasbourg metropolises; on a corpus of images (n = 200); on a corpus of electronic discussions (n = 22); and on a corpus of digital articles of information (n = 30).Through a sociological analysis, particularly dispositionnaliste and as much as possible intersectional, we show that gendered cycling socialization deserves to be analyzed in its articulations with the gendered dimensions of physical activities socialization, urban socialization; socialization of risk; heterosexual sexuality socialization, but also in its articulations with gendered beauty norms. If all adolescent girls are not equally subject to the same socializing injunctions – moreover sometimes contradictory to each other – those that mostly affect girls participate in the incorporation or reinforcement of dispositions to protect their bodies, to avoid to physically force, to fear to move alone, to fear to venture and to fear to squat public space. These dispositions are co-produced and mutually reinforced with gendered cycling skills, they can be more or less activated or paused depending on the context. Despite variations – particularly in socio-economic and residential settings – they concern girls from all socio-economic backgrounds and have the effect of restricting their real possibilities to practice in playful, speed, strength, endurance, solitary, adventurous, improvised, "circular ", and "parked" bicycle practices. These observations are particularly related to the reinforcement – during adolescence – of gendered educational practices, mainly motivated by parents' concern to protect their daughters from the risks of sexual violence. However, we must not underestimate the role played by beliefs inherited from religions and the fierce resistance of medicine to women's sport. In the same way, socializing agents embodied by the media and peer groups, but also by the bicycles themselves as well as by the gendered equipments and clothes, must be taken very seriously. Furthermore, the gendered cleavage of real possibilities to bicycle never seems as pronounced as in the particularly disadvantaged sensitive urban zones. In contrast, the cleavage in question appears to be reduced in adolescents (boys and girls) who consider cycling to be both a leisure and their preferred mode of travel. If the group in question is composed – in proportion – of few girls (n = 4), all of them have characteristic competences and dispositions of the opposite sex and benefit from real possibilities to bicycle as well as spatio-temporal access to public space far superior to that of girls as a whole. To the extent that the girls in question also tend to share both characteristic equipments and dispositions of middle-class intellectual fractions, the data collected suggests that cycling deserves to be analyzed at once as a distinctive gendered, social and spatial practice

Les Agences Régionales de Santé (ARS) et les Directions Régionales de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de la Cohésion Sociale (DRJSCS) sont invitées, par leur ministère de tutelle, à mettre en œuvre le plan « Sport, Santé, Bien-Etre » dont les finalités ont été arrêtées par l’État central. Consacrant la reconnaissance de l’activité physique en tant que déterminant de santé permise par l’accumulation des savoirs, son institutionnalisation fait également suite à la mobilisation de nombreux entrepreneurs de cause. L’analyse des conditions de sa territorialisation en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine à partir d’une perspective d’instrumentation de l’action publique, donne à voir des effets de ce plan en bien des points ambivalents. Le recours à des opérateurs publics et privés, leur mise en concurrence pilotée à distance par des instruments de type incitatif, la séparation entre commanditaire et prestataire, figurent au titre des processus ayant conduit à la mise en place d’un quasi-marché du « sport santé » dans cette région. Les formes de division du travail observées rendent compte d’un glissement tangible qui semble progressivement cantonner les associations des secteurs sanitaire et sportif au rang d’opérateurs fonctionnels. Elles accélèrent également les mécanismes de diversification de l’offre sportive associative au sein d’un champ longtemps réfractaire à ce type d’évolution. L’ensemble de ces dynamiques permet, plus généralement, de participer aux débats analytiques sur la recomposition des relations entre l’État et les territoires. / The regional Health Agencies (ARS) and the regional Directorates for Youth, Sports and social cohesion (DRJSCS) are invited by their Ministry of Guardianship to implement the plan "Sport, health and well-being", the objectives of which have been adopted by The central state. With the recognition of physical activity as a determinant of health enabled by the accumulation of knowledge, its institutionalization also follows the mobilization of many cause entrepreneurs. The analysis of the conditions of its territorialisation in the new-Aquitaine region from a perspective of instrumentation of public action, gives to see the effects of this plan in many ambivalent points. The use of public and private operators, their remotely-controlled competition by incentive-type instruments, the separation between sponsor and provider, are included in the processes leading to the establishment of a quasi-market of the " Health sport in this region. The forms of Labour Division observed reflect a tangible shift that appears to be gradually confining the health and sports associations to the rank of functional operators. They also accelerate the mechanisms of diversifying the associative sports supply within a field long refractory to this type of evolution. All these dynamics allow, more generally, to participate in the analytical debates on the recomposition of relations between the State and the territories.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:19:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2350.pdf: 1560141 bytes, checksum: ee84041caebc9af9c79967946cc813cd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-17 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / This study aimed to compare the effects of a conventional program of exercises in groups with a program of resistance exercises, with respect to the following variables: systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), flexibility, handgrip strength and strength of lower limbs in knee extension. A total of 60 individuals participated in the present investigation, residents of São Carlos, of both sexes and aged over 50 years. The subjects were sampled by convenience and were divided into three groups: Control Group (GC), composed of 22 people who doesn t were engaged in any monitored and supervised physical activity, Group A (GA) formed by 21 subjects who underwent a program of physical activity in a conventional group, and Group B (GB) consisting of 22 individuals who participated in a program of resistance exercises. The measurements were made using a stethoscope and blood pressure gauges for measuring the BP, an anthropometric scale for measuring weight and height, a tape measure to check the CA, Bank of Wells for flexibility, and a manual dynamometer and isokinetic dynamometer to measure the handgrip muscular strength and knee extension, respectively. All subjects underwent an initial evaluation that consisted of: history, blood pressure measurement, body mass index calculation, measurement of CA, flexibility and muscle strength. Having been assessed, the volunteers in Group A began a program of exercises in the conventional group, which aimed to develop physical abilities such as flexibility, aerobic endurance, muscular strength and coordinating skills involving balance, agility and pace. This program was performed three times per week, each session lasting 50 to 55 minutes. The volunteers in Group B participated in a program of physical resistance exercises. The machines were the leg press, calf, back extension, abdominal, bench Press and rowing, and were used according to the periodicity of the training, with a frequency of three times per week and duration of 50 minutes per session. New measures were taken after intervals of three and six months as from the initial assessment of all groups. The statistical analysis was performed by way of a nonparametric analysis using the Kruskal-Wallis, Friedmam test, Wilcoxson test and Friedmam test replicated to two factors. As a result it was possible to observe a significant reduction in the SBP, DBP and BMI in Group B, significant reduction of WC in Groups A and B, increase in muscle handgrip strength after three months in Group A and after six months in Group B, significant increase in flexibility in both Groups A and B and significant reduction in strength in the knee extension at 60°/sec in Group A. Thus it was concluded that for all the variables, except for the strength of knee extension, at least one of the groups that underwent intervention showed significant improvements when compared to the control group. When the two programs were compared, the Geriatric Revitalization program was more effective for the variables of handgrip force and knee extension at 60º/sec. and at 180°/sec., while the program of resistance exercises generated better responses for SBP, DBP, BMI and WC. / Este trabalho teve como objetivo comparar os efeitos entre um programa convencional de exercícios em grupo e um programa de exercícios resistidos nas seguintes variáveis: pressão arterial sistólica (PAS) e pressão arterial diastólica (PAD), índice de massa corpórea (IMC), circunferência abdominal (CA), flexibilidade, força muscular (FM) de preensão manual e força de membros inferiores em extensão de joelho. Participaram 65 indivíduos residentes na cidade de São Carlos, de ambos os sexos, com idade superior a 50 anos. Eles foram selecionados por amostragem de conveniência e divididos em três grupos: Grupo Controle (GC), composto por 22 pessoas que não praticavam atividade física controlada e supervisionada; Grupo A (GA) formado por 21 sujeitos que foram submetidos a um programa convencional de atividade física em grupo, Grupo B (GB) formado por 22 indivíduos que participaram de um programa de exercícios resistidos. Todos os sujeitos foram submetidos a uma avaliação inicial que constou de: anamnese, aferição da pressão arterial, cálculo do índice de massa corpórea, medição da CA, da flexibilidade e da força muscular. As medidas foram tomadas utilizando esfignomanômetro e estetoscópio para aferição da PA, balança antropométrica para medição de peso e estatura, fita métrica para verificação da CA, Banco de Wells para flexibilidade, dinamômetro manual e dinamômetro isocinético para quantificar a força muscular de preensão manual e de extensão de joelho, respectivamente. Tendo sido avaliados, os voluntários do Grupo A iniciaram um programa convencional de exercícios em grupo, que abordou o desenvolvimento das capacidades físicas como flexibilidade, resistência aeróbia, força muscular e capacidades coordenativas envolvendo equilíbrio, agilidade e ritmo; o programa foi realizado três vezes por semana com duração de 50 a 55 minutos cada sessão. Os voluntários do Grupo B participaram de um programa de exercícios físicos resistidos onde se exercitavam em seis aparelhos (Leg Press, Panturrilha, Extensão Lombar, Abdominal, Press Peitoral, e Remada) de acordo com a periodização de treinamento proposto, com freqüência de três vezes por semana e duração de 50 minutos cada sessão. Novas medidas foram tomadas em intervalos de três e seis meses após a avaliação inicial em todos os grupos. A análise estatística foi feita por uma análise não-paramétrica por meio dos testes de Kruskal-Wallis, do teste de Friedmam, do teste de Wilcoxson e do teste de Friedmam replicado a dois fatores. Como resultado foi possível observar redução significativa dos valores de PAS, PAD e IMC no Grupo B; redução significativa da CA nos Grupos A e B; aumento significativo da força muscular de preensão manual após três meses no Grupo A e após seis meses no Grupo B; aumento significativo da flexibilidade em ambos os Grupos A e B e redução significativa da FM em extensão de joelho a 60 º/seg no Grupo A. Como conclusão, foi possível notar que em todas as variáveis, com exceção da força de membros inferiores, pelo menos um dos grupos que se submeteu à intervenção apresentou melhoras significativas quando comparado ao Grupo Controle e que quando comparados os dois programas, o programa de Revitalização Geriátrica foi mais eficaz para as variáveis Força de preensão manual e Força de membros inferiores tanto em 60º/seg. quanto em 180º/seg., enquanto que o Programa de exercícios resistidos gerou melhores respostas na PAS, PAD, IMC e CA.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-12-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:36:25Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 correa_ea_me_rcla.pdf: 594593 bytes, checksum: 88ea2230929286f5d508add582577f76 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Este trabalho se insere nos estudos sobre as “atividades físicas de aventura na natureza” (AFAN). Neste contexto, a proposta foi investigar a formação do profissional em Educação Física no contexto das atividades físicas de aventura na natureza. No âmbito desse processo buscou-se pesquisar os elementos que pudessem auxiliar no debate sobre a possibilidade de inserção das AFAN nos currículos de cursos de formação profissional em Educação Física, nas Instituições de Ensino Superior. Trata-se de uma pesquisa do tipo construtivismo social, pois se entende que é necessário compreender as particularidades dos indivíduos participantes, seu histórico, sua identidade social e seu lócus no grupo social em que vive, configurando-se em uma investigação qualitativa, entendida como um terreno para a crítica científica social, e não apenas como um tipo específico de teoria social, metodologia ou filosofia. O estudo se deu em três momentos: pesquisa bibliográfica; pesquisa documental e coleta de dados, por meio da pesquisa de campo (aplicação de um questionário e, posteriormente, entrevistas com questões semi-estruturadas com professores e coordenadores de Instituições de Ensino Superior). Entre os resultados, as atividades físicas de aventura na natureza vêm conquistando espaço na sociedade contemporânea e na universidade, constituindo-se numa área/campo transdisciplinar. Com relação a Educação Física, esta tem se dedicado aos estudos desta temática, entendendo as atividades físicas de aventura na natureza como um novo fenômeno, integrando diversos grupos sociais e áreas de estudos distintas. No que diz respeito aos participantes projeta-se um futuro encorajador, considerando-se que tanto do ponto de partida do currículo como dos profissionais que vivenciam realidades ligadas às AFAN, exceção aos coordenadores, contempla-se uma área e campo em... / This work is part of studies on the Physical Activities of Adventure in Nature (AFAN). In this context, the proposal was to investigate the professional training of Physical Education in the context of physical activities of adventure in nature. As part of that process we tried to search the information that could assist in the debate on the possibility of inserting the AFAN in the curriculum of vocational training courses in Physical Education in Higher Education Institutions. This is a search-type social constructivism, because it believes it is necessary to understand the peculiarities of the individuals involved, their history, their social identity and its locus in the social group in which you live, setting itself in a qualitative research, understood as a ground for the critical social science, and not just a specific type of social theory, methodology or philosophy. The study took place in three stages: research literature, documentary research and data collection, through field research (application of a questionnaire and, later, interviews with semi-structured questions with teachers and coordinators of Higher Education Institutions). Among the results, physical activities of adventure in nature have been conquering space in contemporary society and the university, constituting a field / cross field. With regard to physical education, this has been devoted to studies of this issue, understanding the physical activities of adventure in nature as a new phenomenon, integrating various social groups and different areas of study. With respect to the participants projects itself an encouraging future, considering that both the starting point of curriculum and the professionals who experience realities related to AFAN, except the coordinators, has to be a camp area and on the rise. Perhaps, also, limited to new territorial demarcations that are ongoing or urgent need to study more dense about this.