The Effects of 12 Weeks Pilates-inspired Exercise Training on Functional Performance in Older Women

University of Sao Paulo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Aging

Treatments

Other: Control

Other: Pilates

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02636296

HI017/2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of 12-week Pilates-inspired exercise on functional performance in community-dwelling older women.

Full description

Pilates is an exercise system developed over 70 years ago that has been recently received attention due to its beneficial effects on postural stability, coordination, muscle strength and flexibility. The studies published involving Pilates were very different among them regarding intervention period (5, 8, 12 and 24 weeks), frequency (2 and 3 sessions/week) and exercises (mat, mat with accessories, apparatus and others combinations), making meaningful comparison difficult. Furthermore, other important physical features to maintain an independent life at older age, such as cardiorespiratory fitness, were accessed in few studies. So, the effective benefits of Pilates method on physical fitness of community-dwelling older people remain unclear.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

60 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

good health based on clinical examination (doctor's certificate)
good functional capacity(physical examination)

Exclusion criteria

current smokers
obese (BMI >30 Kg/cm2)
musculoskeletal limitations
neurologic diseases
cardiovascular diseases
condition that contraindicated exercise
regularly engaged in other physical conditioning program (>2x/week and/or >150min/week)