PHYSIOFUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS: EFFECTS OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC EXERCISE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS IN PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE

Abstract

This research is based on the importance that current health systems have in relation to women's health promotion, considering that they represent more than half of Brazil's total population. For this, it is necessary a thorough evaluation of each stage of the female life cycle, considering the changes suffered in all phases. Among these, we will highlight the climacteric and menopause period, where these changes affect both the physical and emotional structures of women. In this sense, it is important for health teams to develop effective therapeutic strategies to return to this population physiological comfort favorable to the good quality of life. Certainly, the practice of regular physical exercises can bring numerous benefits at this stage, but it is necessary that professionals in the area establish appropriate programs, respecting the biological individuality and physiological and functional disorders of this period, justifying the study. Objective: Analysis of the efficacy disparities between aerobic and anaerobic training in the improvement of physiological and functional parameters in the climacteric / menopause to provide a printed informative material that enables the population to access information relevant to the main disorders affected during the climacteric period. as well as indications of the best exercise strategies for each specific group of women according to the results found. Methodology: a randomized, single-center clinical trial was conducted in the city of Parnaíba – PI, between the months of July and September 2019, which included 36 sedentary women, non-hysterectomized, non-smokers and non-alcoholics. Results: The research findings demonstrate similar beneficial effects in most of the highlighted variables. The continuous practice of aerobic or resistance exercises promotes satisfactory gains in the physiofunctional health of women in the climacteric / menopause, highlighting the resistance or anaerobic exercises with greater advantages in comparison to the continuous exercises when we consider IRCQ, abdominal resistance and strength, as well as, in compensation, aerobic exercises achieve better results in developing flexibility. Conclusion: The regular practice of physical exercises promotes plausible benefits to the health of women in menopause / menopause, however, anaerobic exercises were more effective in maintaining and controlling parameters of body composition and physical resistance, as well as aerobic exercises in levels of flexibility.