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Actividades físico - recreativas en el fortalecimiento muscular de los adultos mayores

Abstract:

The present investigation was carried out with the purpose of establishing a recreational physical activity program due to the problem of physical inactivity of older adults as a result of the isolation caused by Covid 19. The physical deterioration added to the decrease in vital capacities affected the loss of strength in the different members of the limbs and body segments. Each of the exposed theoretical foundations allowed to demonstrate the importance of recreational physical activity in the muscular strengthening of the elderly. The modality of the investigation was field with nonexperimental design, the information collection techniques applied were the survey and the test of getting up and standing from the chair, the results evidenced the problem of the investigation, which allowed validating the proposal of the program. of recreational physical activities, in it each of the activities that are oriented to the muscular strengthening of the elderly were described.