Efeitos da prática da hidroginástica nas capacidades físicas de mulheres de 44 a 59 anos de idade

Abstract

The present study aims to observe and quantify the effects of hydrogymnastic practicing on neuromuscular variables in 44 to 59 year old women during a period of 8 weeks. Twelve 44 to 59 year old women who had begun practicing hydrogymnastic took part in the survey. The group held 8 weeks of hydrogymnastic with a frequency of 3 times a week within a 50 minute session. Evaluations of neuromuscular capacity were carried out before and after the intervention in order to assess the power of the lower limbs (vertical jump), agility (shuttle run), flexibility (bench of Wells) and the power of the upper limbs (medicine ball pitching). The results showed significant improvements (p <0.05) in the values of agility, flexibility and strength of upper limbs whereas the same did not happened with the strength of lower limbs. We conclude that hydrogymnastic practicing leads to positive changes in neuromuscular variables in the process of aging women.