Intervenção física para tratar fragilidade em idosos comunitários: revisão sistemática

Objective: Check if the physical intervention reverses the fragility, also evaluating biomarkers associated with this condition. Method: Following the Preferential Report for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyzes (PRISMA statement), a search for articles of physical intervention was carried out in the last ten years, in the database “National Library of Medicine” (PubMed) database; “Scientific Electronic Library Online” (Scielo), “Physiotherapy Evidence Database” (PEDro) using the descriptors: Older adults AND Physical activity AND Frailty. Results: Two hundred and forty-one articles were found, sixty-two of which were eligible for reading. In this review, eight studies were carried out. All selected articles scored five or more points on the PEDro scale. Only one intervention study did not observe a reversal of frailty. As for the existence of a biomarker, it was not detected in these studies, although inflammation is a key point in the frailty syndrome. Conclusion: Through this study it was possible to show that combined interventions (physical intervention associated with another type of intervention) and physical interventions have a potential to reverse frailty in the elderly, with the combined intervention being better, which involves resistance training.