Impact of Pilates Exercise in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Qassim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Juvenile Arthritis; Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Treatments: Other: Conventional physical therapy program; Other: Pilates exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05231057

RHPT/0020/0035

Details and patient eligibility

About

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common chronic childhood inflammatory diseases that is characterized by permanent joint inflammation attributable to immune system disturbance.

Full description

Therapeutic exercises play an essential role as a non-pharmacologic treatment for children with JIA. It has effectively been used to reduce pain, improve muscular function, increase physical activity and promote quality of life in children with chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Clinical Pilates exercise is usually perceived as enjoyable activity by children with JIA, thereby, it can help them be more active for extended periods without causing discomfort while also allowing them to control their breathing and avoid becoming fatigued.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Polyarticular JIA per the International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification.
• Age ranges from 10 to14 years.
• Stable medical treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• If they had contractures.
• Congenital anomalies.
• History of surgery.
• History of systemic disease
• Cardiorespiratory co-morbidity.
• Participation in regular exercises or sports activity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the study group received Pilates exercises plus conventional physical therapy program

Treatment:

Other: Pilates exercises

Other: Conventional physical therapy program

control group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the control group received conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physical therapy program