Strength Training as an Assistant Tool in the Prevention of Falls in Elderly Sarcopenics: a Review

From a literature review in the Scielo and PubMed databases, eight articles were selected to compose the results. [...]it was possible to conclude that this protocol is known as an alternative for the prevention of falls due to Sarcopenia, since it is capable of promoting a significant increase in muscle mass, as well as improving the balance and functional capacity of the elderly. According to Brito and Litvoc [1], the aging process is dynamic, gradual, and inconvertible, affecting all human beings, involving physical and psychosocial factors. [12], muscle mass gain is directly associated with strength training, which is the most suitable for an efficient gain and reversal of the effects promoted by Sarcopenia. [...]the objective of this study is, through a literature review, analyze the effects of strength training on Sarcopenic elderly. Strength exercises result in an improvement in the lives of the elderly who aim to have a healthy quality of life. [...]having the reversal of the disease and the increase in their physical sensations and the factor of constant falls has some improvement.