Abstract
With aging, diseases related to the musculoskeletal system tend to appear more frequently: arthritis, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia that result from changes in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), complications in locomotion to death due to falls. According to DATASUS, hospitalizations and deaths in the elderly aged 60 years and over, in the period from January / 2008 - February / 2016, due to external causes of morbidity and mortality totaled 5,290, burdening public health costs and directly affecting the quality of life of individuals.
DOI: 10.56238/pacfdnsv1-094