Abstract
The effects of guided practice physical exercise in patients referred by medical teams of the Health Strategy Family of the municipality of Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil were evaluated. The exercises were performed in the fitness SUS under direct supervision of a physical education teacher. The 120 participants, 99 women and 21 men, aged 10 to 78 years, were followed for 6 months. It found improvement in VO2máx (20.07 ± 14.14 to 31.68 ± 12.18 p < 0.001) and time in seconds to travel 1 mile (1171 ± 228 to 954 ± 163 p < 0.001), among other quantitative variables. The perceived quality of life with the WHOQOL -BREF questionnaire showed improvement in all domains: physical (67.6 ± 15.5 to 74.7 ± 12.4 p < 0.001), psychological (62.4 ± 14.9 to 70.7 ± 12.6 p < 0.001), social (70.3 ± 16.8 to 76.4 ± 16.0 p < 0.001) and environmental (62.8 ± 12.4 to 68.2 ± 12, 1 p < 0.001).
KEYWORDS
Physical exercise; Quality of life; Oxygen consumption; Unified Health System