Cognición, actividades de la vida diaria y variables psicológicas en mujeres adultas mayores practicantes de Tai Chi Chuan

  1. Gabriela Orozco Calderón 1
  2. Melissa Anaya Chávez 1
  3. Jesus Santiago Vite 1
  4. María del Rosario García Viedma 2
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  2. 2 Universidad de Jaén, España
Revista:
Retos: nuevas tendencias en educación física, deporte y recreación

ISSN: 1579-1726,  1988-2041

Any de publicació: 2016

Número: 30

Pàgines: 222-225

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.47197/RETOS.V0I30.50343 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resum

Having physical activity it has been associated with successful cognitive functioning in adulthood or old age. A sports physical activity is Tai Chi, a soft martial art that has come forth benefits effects on physical, psychological and cognitive health. The aim of this study is to characterize a sample of women over 60 practitioners of Tai Chi Chuan Yuan form Mexico City and compared with sedentary women. Both groups were evaluated with neuropsychological test COGNISTAT, with scales of depression and anxiety Beck and the activities of daily life for the elderly INACVIDIAM. The results showed that the group of women practicing Tai Chi had significantly higher than sedentary in subtests memory, care and construction women’s scores. And a tendency to have more frequent and satisfaction to perform activities of daily living, with zero and low depression and anxiety levels respectively. It is concluded that knowing what cognitive functions that can benefit from Tai Chi practice can serve to promote this soft martial art as an alternative therapy to neuropsychological intervention in patients with cognitive impairment due to normal or pathological aging.

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