title: [Walking performance of elderly practitioners of psychomotricity].
abstract: Quasi-experimental study conducted with fifteen elderlies, developed at the Physiotherapy Clinical School, Federal University of Paraíba, in 2011. The study aimed to evaluate the performance of gait in elderly practitioners of psychomotor activities. It was conducted a structured interview focusing on social, clinical and functional data, in order to be able to correlate various information which supported the aim of the study. The average cognitive performance was 19.4 at the first assessment and 23.2 in the second. The average performance of activities related to the gait was 11.6 at the first assessment, and 15.5 in the second, after the practice of psychomotor activities. It was found a significant improvement in the performance of activities related to the gait, with irregularities persisting in height and continuity of the step, as well as in the midline deviation.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sarah Lins
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Guimarães Oliveira
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Teoria e Fundamentos, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ravagni
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marta Miriam Lopes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Melo
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology