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November 10, 2017
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Estudio longitudinal de la flexibilidad funcional en mayores físicamente activos

Publicated to:Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte. 17 (65): 121-137 - 2017-03-01 17(65), DOI: 10.15366/rimcafd2017.65.008

Authors: Martinez-de-Haro, V; Sanz-Arribas, I; Andrade, A G P; Chagas, M H

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Univ Autonoma Madrid, Educ Fis Deporte & Motricidad Humana Dept, Res Grp Actividad Fis Educ & Salud UAM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Escola Educ Fis Fisioterapia & Terapia Ocupac, Dept Esportes, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Author

Abstract

Flexibility is an important component of physical fitness, particularly in elderly people whose flexibility tend to deteriorate with the passing of time. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine how flexibility of older adults’ change over time. The control group consisted of 54 physically active adults (17 men and 37 women) all of which were 65 years and older. These adults participated in a 60 minute global fitness course, led by a trained instructor, twice a week. During the 12 month study, the subjects’ flexibility was measured at four different times through chair sit and reach and back scratch tests. The results show that the subjects who took part in this yearlong study, experienced positive results in flexibility in the areas tested. The results concluded that the subjects in the study that were previously engaged in regularly physical activity maintained and in some cases, improved flexibility through regular global fitness activity.

Keywords

Back-scratch testChair-sit-and-reach testElderlyFlexibilityFunctional capacityPhysical activitySedentary

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Dialnet (Dialnet Métricas). In the year of publication of the work, 2017, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil).

Notably, the journal is positioned in the Quartile Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR), in the category Sport Sciences, in the Quartile Q3 for the agency Scopus (SJR), in the category Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, classified as B in other national agencies such as CIRC.

Desde una perspectiva relativa, los impactos normalizados en entornos vinculados a las áreas de humanidades y ciencias sociales dentro del contexto nacional, este trabajo consigue un valor de citación normalizada, calculado a partir de los datos proporcionados por Dialnet Métricas, de: 13.21, lo que indica que, de manera comparada con trabajos en la misma disciplina y en el mismo año de publicación, lo ubica como trabajo citado por encima de la media al menos en el contexto nacional. (source consulted: Dialnet Metrics Dec 2023)

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-02:

  • Dialnet Métricas: 7
  • Google Scholar: 25
  • WoS: 6
  • Scopus: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-02:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 99 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/677765

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Brazil.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Matos Duarte, Michelle) .