UDC

612.67:612.66

Authors

Moroz Taisiya Petrovna, Postgraduate Student, Institute of Medical and Biological Research, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia) 

Abstract

In recent years, great importance in gerontology has been given to the determination of ageing rate (AR) and its correlation with the activity of various functional systems of the human body, which allows us to predict changes at certain ARs. The paper studied the dynamic components of postural control in elderly women with different RAs. Evaluation was performed using the computer-aided stabilometric complex Balance Master in 120 women with normal and slow ARs, which were assessed according to the 3rd version of V.P. Voitenko’s method. High level of leg muscle and joint functioning was observed in women with slow AR. Also, women with slow AR aged 60–69 years showed high quality of simple walking. In addition, deteriorated gravity center control in the frontal plane and changes in the sensory systems and functions of the musculoskeletal system were identified in women with normal AR aged 60–69 years. Reduced quality of complex coordination during walking was detected in elderly women with normal AR. We found that the quality of complex motor acts in elderly women with slow AR was significantly better than that in women with normal AR. Further, the study showed a reduced function of the neurophysiological mechanisms providing complex motor activity in elderly women with normal AR. We came to the conclusion that the speed of performing simple, complex, and complex coordination motor acts in elderly women with slow AR produces a positive effect on their age-related self-esteem. Thus, changes in the speed of movements in women aged 60–69 years are important criteria of neurophysiological ageing.

Keywords

elderly women, ageing rate, postural control, computer stabilometry, posturography.

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