Effects of Pilates on Respiratory Mechanics

Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exercise

Treatments: Other: Pilates method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01841385

Pilates2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a fitness program from the application of Pilates on lung function, thoracoabdominal mobility and respiratory muscle strength in women.

Full description

Study in the Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy laboratory and clinics of Pilates in the region, in which the voluntary of the Pilates group would start the Pilates method.

The study included women with body mass index (BMI) ≤ 29 kg/m2 were not engaged in regular physical activity, or sedentary lifestyle with scores up to eight, according to Baecke et al., non-smoker, non-alcoholic, without any abnormalities of the cardiovascular, respiratory and neuromuscular.

The study excluded women with disabling diseases, pregnancy, postpartum less than a year, inability to understand the tests and exercises proposed or refuse to participate in the study.

The volunteers, aged between 25 and 55 years, were allocated in to two groups:

1. Pilates Group (n = 16): sedentary volunteers, but that would begin activities with the Pilates method and evaluated three months.
2. Control group (n = 13): sedentary volunteers and remain sedentary and evaluated in three months.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• body mass index (BMI) ≤ 29 kg/m2
• not physically active on a regular basis, ie, sedentary lifestyle with scores up to eight, according to Baecke et al.
• nonsmokers
• non-alcoholic
• without any abnormalities in the cardiovascular, respiratory or neuromuscular

Exclusion criteria

• disabling diseases
• gestation
• puerperium there is less than a year
• inability to understand the tests and exercises proposed

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

Pilates Group

Experimental group

Description:

Sedentary volunteers, but that would begin activities with the Pilates method and evaluated in three months. Therapeutic intervention in the Pilates method has two regular weekly sessions for 12 weeks, totaling 24 sessions. For the protocol of Pilates exercises, exercises on soil and equipment, with gradual progression of the load.

Treatment:

Other: Pilates method

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Sedentary volunteers and remain sedentary and evaluated in three months. The volunteers comprised the control group did not perform any physical activity during the study period.