Brief Summary:
Multicomponent exercise program in a frail population. It is analyzed whether there is an improvement in different parameters of the daily life of the study subjects, analyzing the variables of: physical condition, fragility, balance, quality of life, upper limb strength, autonomy, cognitive state and depression.
Detailed Description:
In this study, an 8-week multicomponent exercise program will be carried out focused on improving the general physical condition and balance of older adult subjects, in order to try to reduce the risk of falls and improve the quality of life of a group. of older adults made up of 17 participants.
During these 8 weeks, this intervention program will be carried out at least 3 times a week, for 50-55 minutes, which will consist of 4 typical sessions, based mainly on 5 large groups: weights, magic rings, elastic bands, ballasts and pikes... Each of these sessions will be carried out taking into account the main physiotherapy objectives, such as gaining strength in both upper and lower limbs, as well as proprioception, balance, and promoting a pleasant and safe social environment where these older people feel valid, capable of carrying out the program and everything is provided to them in a friendly and fun way, and always taking into account as far as possible , the individual characteristics of each study participant. All sessions will begin with a 5-minute aerobic exercise and end with a stretching program for another 5 minutes, to ensure you return to calm, along with breathing exercises.
The intervention will begin by carrying out an initial evaluation already developed previously, and after this, standard sessions will begin, in which they will all begin and end in the same way. It will begin with a general warm-up based on general joint mobility of the head and neck, shoulders, trunk, elbows, hands, wrists, hips, knees and ankles to begin to accustom the body to the physical work environment. And at the end of the sessions, a stretching program will be carried out, and it will end with a return to calm with a respiratory training program, in which you will be instructed to take in air through the nose and release it through the mouth, while the room is silent, and thus promote self-awareness.