[Correlation between the carotid resistance and functional autonomy of old women].
This study had as objective to correlate the resistance of the carotid artery and the functional autonomy of old women. The resistance of the carotid artery was evaluated through the method called Doppler and the functional autonomy through tests related to daily activities (Protocol GDLAM). In the description of the data it was used measures of localization and dispersion. The internal right carotid resistance got mean and pattern deviation respectively (0.71 +/- 0.07) and functional autonomy mean and pattern deviation respectively (30.40 +/- 6.31). The coefficient of the correlation of Spearman showed a strong association between the variation of the study (r = 0.998; p = 0.000). The results suggest that the bigger the table of contents of the resistance of the carotid artery is the bigger will be the difficulty of execution of the daily life tasks.
Especialista, Educadora Física da Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Teresina, PI e da Faculdade NOVAFAPI, Brasil. yula@globo.com
Yúla Pires da Silveira Fontenele
YP
De Meneses
Patricia Uchoa Leitão
PU
Cabral
Flávia Maria Campos
FM
Abreu
Rogrigo Gomes de Souza
RG
Vale
Francisca Cecília Viana
FC
Rocha
Arémle Dornelas
AD
de Andrade
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology*