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ABREUS MORA, Jorge; GONZALEZ CURBELO, Vivian  y  DEL SOL SANTIAGO, Fernando. Approach to the Physical Ability Balance in the Elderly. Rev. Finlay [online]. 2016, vol.6, n.4, pp.317-328. ISSN 2221-2434.

The accelerated aging process of the population and the ways of treating physical capacities in this population set guidelines for this review which was aimed at valuing the ways of approaching the coordinative physical capacity balance in the elderly. An electronic search was realized in the following data base: Scopus, EMBASE/Excerpta Médica, Latindex, IBECS, MEDLINE, PudMed, ScienceDirect y SciELO. The descriptors analyzed were deterioration of the capacity balance, capacity balance, elder adults, balance injured capacity. The main selected studies analyzed the results through statistic reliable criteria. A total of 61 studies were selected and 9 complied the criteria of inclusion. The assessment allowed exposing the different ways of approaching this capacity from the new perspectives of evaluation and treatment y changes are proposed in the strategies of intervention and evaluation to modify and restore the deterioration produced in the aging process.

Palabras clave : demographic aging; frail elderly; strategies.

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