Comparison between physical capacity of sedentary smokers subjects in relationship the sedentary nonsmokers subjects

Authors

  • Marcelo Velloso UNINOVE, São Paulo
  • Mayra Nabi Souza Guedes de Tavares e Drumond UNINOVE, São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v3i0.316

Keywords:

Capacidade física. Fumo. Tabagismo.

Abstract

The study of tabagism and its consequences to human body is very important, considering smoking habit is yearly responsible for about 3 million of deaths in the world, all of them occurred precociously, before 70 years of age. In this research two groups of same age volunteers were evaluated – one of smokers and another of nonsmokers – in order to verify differences of physical capacities among them. It was used the six minutes walk test, the incremental test of inferior members and the endurance test of inferior members. The results have not shown meaningful statistic differences with p<0,05 for the analyzed data, perhaps due to the low number of individuals involved in this study. Clinically, it was observed an inferior performance of the smokers when compared to the nonsmokers’ performance.

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Author Biographies

Marcelo Velloso, UNINOVE, São Paulo

Fisioterapeuta, especialista em Terapia Intensiva pela FMUSP; Mestre em Reabilitação pela UNIFESP; Doutorando em Ciências pela UNIFESP; Coordenador do curso de Fisioterapia UNINOVE.

Mayra Nabi Souza Guedes de Tavares e Drumond, UNINOVE, São Paulo

Especialista em Fisiologia do Exercício – UNIFESP; Fisioterapeuta – UNINOVE.

Published

2008-01-09

How to Cite

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Velloso M, Tavares e Drumond MNSG de. Comparison between physical capacity of sedentary smokers subjects in relationship the sedentary nonsmokers subjects. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 9 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];3:49-58. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/316

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