Characterization of chronic illnesses not transferable and factors of risk in retired athletes of Cienfuegos

Abstract

The incomprehension about the relation between retirement-exercise might be an obstacle for ex-sportsmen to a systematic and effective physical activity, phenomenon that significantly influences in the appearance of several pains due to inactivity and that redound in a deficient life quality. That’s why, after retiring from an active sport life, there might appear some affections and habits which don’t appear during the activity period. This might suppose that levels of anxiety due to the lack of training might provoke the appearance of obesity, sedentary, anxiety, frequent depressive states, alcoholism, smoking habits, associated to disturbances in rhythm and cardiac and respiratory rate, as most common facts. This descriptive research has as main objective to characterize the principal manifestations of non-transmissible chronic diseases and noxious habits in retired athletes from active sports in Cienfuegos Province, for considering that, although there are some registrations, there is not an effective control about the diseases the ex-sportmen suffer from, which limits the necessary continuation in the treatment of these persons. In the research, methods from the theorical and empiric level were used, mainly qualitative ones and techniques as the surveys to clue informants that let us determine the diseases and noxious habits in a selected sample of ex-sportmen in Cienfuegos.