Influences of the Lian Gong in the functional capacity of the lower limb of the elderly people

Abstract

The article is about the Lian Gong influence in the functional capacity of the lower limbs in elderly people. An experimental work was carried out to 18 elderly people. They did the go and back test and the Tinetti scale modified as pretest and posttest to elderly x=71,01±4,10 years. The Kolmo-gorov- Smirnov (p>0.05) test was executed proving the homogeneity of them. The statistic method application proves there is no big difference between both measurements of the limbs mobility. However the results allow confirming the positive effect of the practice of Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa in the limbs mobility in elderly people as it restrains the natural deterioration of years and as it is observed a discrete improvement. This practice betters the agility, the balance the dynamic equilibrium and the motion.

Keywords. Elderly people, functional capacity, limbs mobility, Liam Gong Shi Ba Fa Gymnastic