Efectos de un programa de entrenamiento funcional en donde se articulan, la fuerza, potencia muscular y equilibrio en la optimizacion de autonomía funcional en el adulto mayor.

Abstract

The world's population has been aging from its very origins, although not steadily, with a tendency to accelerate in recent decades. The group of those over sixty years of age is increasing significantly today (Quijano, 2015); the number of people aged sixty and over worldwide has doubled since 1980, and is projected to reach two billion by 2050 (WHO, 2012). Life expectancy for all developing countries was 46 years in 1959, 64 years in 1990 and 72 years in 2000. Half of the people born in 2000 in the Third World will be alive in 2072. According to Triana ( 2014), the number of older people who are unable to care for themselves is projected to multiply by four in developing countries by 2050. Many of the older people lose their ability to live independently due to limited mobility, weakness, or other physical or mental health problems (WHO, 2012).