Evaluation and the possibility of influencing the functional state of the musculoskeletal system through monitoring changes in body composition in the elderly
Abstract
Aging is manifested by changing of lifestyle of the each individual and must be understood as a separate and very important stage of human life. Life in old age can be evaluated using quantitative and qualitative aspects.
The quantitative aspect, we can assign a maximum life expectancy, the average life expectancy of a group of people, the ratio of length of life between groups of individuals. Body composition and changes during the whole of human life is an important parameter of ontogenetic development of the individual.
In particular, the percentage of body fat is currently considered a critical parameter in the assessment of health risks. There is evidence that overweight is related to a higher frequency of trauma to physical deprivation and reduced physical performance.
Physical deprivation in old age leads to functional and structural changes in the body, is the most significant muscle wasting, sarkopenic development, increase fat mass with frequent weight loss. Loss of fat free mass leads to a reduction in overall physical fitness in the elderly.
It is therefore apparent effort by various authors show that a properly chosen physical intervention affects body composition and directly related to physical fitness. Only mutual combination regimen of measures to ensure quality old age and the extension of self-sufficiency and independence of senior individuals.
Increasing the ratio of fat at the expense of fat free mass in turn adversely affects the independence of the individual on the environment and on society as a whole and results in reduced quality of life for elderly people-sufficiency and independence. One of the ways of these involutional changes in the body is to slow down and thus improve the quality of life of seniors in general, the use of specific exercise intervention on the targeted group of seniors.