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Effect of Different Volumes of Training of Pilates Exercises on Muscle Strength, Postural Balance, Flexibility, Functional Autonomy, Depressive Symptoms and Pulmonary Function on Elderly
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Pilates Method Exercises for Aging and Exercise Movement Techniques. Completed, enrolled 48 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
It will be an experimental study conducted with elderly of both sexes, these will be divided randomly into three groups and the intervention will happen twice a week, for 60 minutes, for 12 weeks. The aim of the study is to compare the effect of different volumes of Pilates exercise training on muscle strength, postural balance, flexibility, functional autonomy, depressive symptoms and lung function in the elderly community. The investigators believe that Pilates exercises will have beneficial effects for the elderly, but the hypothesis is that the group that performs a greater volume of Pilates exercise training will have a greater improvement in the investigated outcomes than the group with the lowest volume.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Pilates Method exercises performed on the apparatus, on the ground and with accessories. They will always be performed by a physiotherapist with teaching certification in the Pilates methodology and will be supervised by two properly trained physiotherapy trainees. Participants will start the exercise program in small groups of up to 8 people, twice a week for 60 minutes, for 12 weeks, totaling 24 sessions. The first day of intervention for both groups will be devoted to explaining the six principles described by Joseph Pilates: centralization, concentration, control, precision, fluidity and breathing, and some fundamentals such as the neutral position of the spine. And in all sessions, these principles will be remembered by the physiotherapist.