Avaliação da capacidade funcional de mulheres idosas em um programa de treino de potência baseado no CrossFit®

Prodamy da Silva Pacheco Neto; Victor Manuel Machado Ribeiro dos Reis; Felipe José Aidar Martins; Cláudio Monteiro Amarantes; João Paulo Lima Vasconcelos

doi:10.6063/motricidade.40539

Assessment of the functional capacity of elderly women in a CrossFit®-based power training program

Authors

Prodamy da Silva Pacheco Neto UTAD – Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Victor Manuel Machado Ribeiro dos Reis Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4996-1414
Felipe José Aidar Martins Universidade Federal de Sergipe https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7378-4529
Cláudio Monteiro Amarantes Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9272-7649
João Paulo Lima Vasconcelos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-9153

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.40539

Keywords:

Older women, Functional training, Muscular strength, Functional autonomy

Abstract

The fragility in elderly individuals, as a multidimensional syndrome that involves biological, psychological, and social factors, leads to a decrease in functional capacity, increased risk of falls, delirium, institutionalisation, hospitalisation, and death. Functionality in the elderly is a widely accepted parameter in the literature as a measure for evaluating intervention strategies that demonstrate the beneficial effects of regular physical exercise. The present investigation aimed to assess the functional capacity of elderly women through a power-training program based on CrossFit®. The sample comprised 22 elderly women in the experimental group and 15 in the control group. The average height was 1.58 ± 3.88 meters, and the average weight was 67.14 ± 4.35 kg in the experimental group. The average body mass index was 26.91 ± 2.09 kg/m². In the control group, the average age was 64.87 ± 3.04 years, the average height was 1.60 ± 4.20 meters, and the average weight was 67.10 ± 4.54 kg. The average body mass index was 26.12 ± 1.77 kg/m². To evaluate functionality, the Rikli & Jones battery tests, handgrip strength tests, and the 10-meter walking test were used. The results showed significant improvement in all evaluated parameters when comparing the moments before and after the intervention in the experimental group. It was concluded that the power training program based on CrossFit® proposed in this study was beneficial for the functionality of elderly women.

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2025-12-28

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da Silva Pacheco Neto, P., Machado Ribeiro dos Reis, V. M., Aidar Martins, F. J., Monteiro Amarantes, C., & Lima Vasconcelos, J. P. (2025). Assessment of the functional capacity of elderly women in a CrossFit®-based power training program. Motricidade, 21, e40539. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.40539

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Vol. 21 (2025): Motricidade: 20 years publishing human movement

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