Short-term follow-up of indicators of obesity in frail elderly obese: effects of intervention with hydrogymnastic/Acompanhamento de curto prazo de indicadores de obesidade em idosas obesas frageis: efeitos da intervencao com hidroginastica

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a short-term intervention with hydrogymnastic on indicators of obesity in frail elderly obese. We evaluated 18 obese women (BMI ≥ 30 kg/[m.sup.2]), aged between 60 and 75 years old, beginners in a program of hydrogymnastic. The training volume was three times per week and 45 minutes per day. This pattern was maintained for six months. There are trends for improvement with the intervention. The most important changes were observed during the 2nd stage for all variables (about twice higher than in the 1st stage). The correlations with major importance in terms of association and statistical significance were positive. Only hip and WHR presented negative correlation (p