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Editorial Ramón Cantó Alcaraz
2009
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- Correlation between basal serum IGF-1 levels and functional autonomy in elderly women Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale Rosana Dias de Oliveira Carlos Soares Pernambuco Yúla Pires da Silveira Fontenele de Meneses Jefferson da Silva Novaes Armèle de Fátima Dornelas de Andrade Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) ADL elderly Serum IGF The aim of the present study was to determine the degree of correlation between basal serum IGF-1 levels and functional autonomy in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL). The sample comprised 11 elderly individuals, disregarding their ADLs (age = 68.18 ± 5.19 years; body mass index (BMI) = 28.89 ± 3.44 kg/m2) and not enrolled in physical exercise programs for at least 3 months. The subjects were submitted to a battery of 5 functional autonomy tests from the GDLAM protocol and blood collection to assess serum IGF-1 levels. Using Pearson´s correlation, we found a significant mean correlation coefficient (r) between the 10 m walking test (10mW) and IGF-1 (r = -0.690; p = 0.009) and mean correlation, but not significant between the putting on and removing a t-shirt test (PRTS) and IGF-1 (r = -0.528) and between the general autonomy index (AI) and IGF-1 (r = -0.417). The correlation was low in the remaining tests, but inversed. This suggests that the decline in IGF-1 with age may decrease ADL performance in the elderly. 2009 artículo científico 1885-3137 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71011547003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=710 RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte application/pdf Editorial Ramón Cantó Alcaraz RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte (España) Num.14 Vol.V