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Motricidade
Print version ISSN 1646-107X
Abstract
TEIXEIRA, Rômulo Vasconcelos; LIMA, Willamy de Sousa; ANDRADE, Lucas Norberto de and FRANCA, Francisco Clineu Queiroz. Factors that lead elderly to practice hydrogymnastics. Motri. [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.1, pp.175-178. ISSN 1646-107X.
The objective of the present study was to investigate the main reasons that lead elders to seek hydrogymnastics as a practice of physical activity. We investigated 60 elderly individuals of both sexes who practice water aerobics. There was a discrepancy with respect to the gender of the participants, where 86.7% of the audience was women and only 13.3% were men. It could be concluded that the medical indication was the main reason that lead the elderly to seek the practice of water aerobics (56.7%).
Keywords : elderly; aging; physical activity.