Compreensões de envelhecimento e os benefícios da atividade física

Abstract

The aging population brings us some questions, and understand how this process happens, how the changes during this phase of life, understand that the aging is natural and irreversible and that can be accelerated or slowed by several factors, are environmental and/or behavioral disorders, is of fundamental importance. The aim of this study discuss understandings of aging by establishing relations with the benefits of physical activity for this audience. The research is characterized as a study of bibliographic character, aiming through a literature review, find and contribute to new findings and with the studies to date in the area. It It was used to content analysis of Bardin (2009), for the study were chosen as corpus analysis is "RBCE (Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte)", "Pensar a Prática" magazine, Motrivivência and "Movimento" magazine. At the end of the study we conclude that aging brings a series of changes in the position of a person in society, and, therefore, in all their relations with each other and that maintain an active life-style can delay the physical impacts, social and psychological effects associated with the aging process, making the elderly their independence to perform routine tasks for longer periods of time. Conversely we find the physical inactivity that can accelerate the decline in functional capacity, leading to dependence for the performance of the activities more simple than everyday life of human being