Equilíbrio funcional e pressão plantar de idosas comunitárias e a relação com o SARCOV-2

Gabriel Alves Rocha Monteiro, Helora Aparecida Pereira Gomes, Aline Helena Nascimento Veloso, Flávia Martins Gervásio

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic metabolic diseases affect balance, which worsens with aging. Objective: To compare the effect of comorbidities in elderly people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and/or systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), physically active in the community, affected or not by Covid-19, on functional dynamic balance and plantar pressure. Method: Cross-sectional, analytical study, approved by the Ethics Committee, carried out in elderly women (≥60 years), physically active, with a clinical diagnosis of DM2 and/or SAH, with or without Covid-19. Assessment of functional balance using the Y-Balance Test Lower Quarter (YBT-LQ) and plantar pressure using the Foot Work® baropodometry platform. The Shapiro-Wilk test and Student’s t test were used with p<0.05 accepted. Results: 17 elderly women (70.9 years ±4.8 years) participated. Comorbidities altered the distribution of plantar pressure in the right lower extremity (MID), anteriorly (p=0.031) and posteriorly (p=0.030), with eyes open. The YBT-LQ showed that there were changes in balance in those affected by Covid-19, in the posterolateral direction of the MID, both in absolute reach (p=0.048) and in the distance reached (p=0.032). There were values lower than those reported in the literature in terms of absolute mean reach and mean distance reached. Conclusions: Chronic comorbidities and Covid-19 alter functional dynamic balance and plantar pressure in elderly patients.