Influence of Pilates-based Exercises on Postural Balance

Influence of Pilates-based Exercises on Static and Dynamic Postural Balance of Sedentary Adults

The study of the behavior of the mechanisms of body balance with a workout based on the Pilates method can facilitate the development of more accurate rehabilitation approaches. However, there is still little scientific information on its effects on the locomotor system and it's necessary to search for new methods to evaluate its strategies more specifically. Thus, this study aims to determine whether an exercise program based on Pilates method has influence on the static and dynamic postural balance of sedentary adults. This is a randomized controlled trial, which will be developed with an initial sample of 20 subjects of both sexes, aged between 18 and 30 years, divided into two groups: a control group and an experimental group. Participants with physical activity time up to 150 minutes per week will be included, assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and those who have no experience with the Pilates method. In the experimental group a workout program will be done for 6 weeks with individual classes including exercises based on the Pilates method, during 1-hour, twice a week. Assessments will be made prior and after the training program with anamnesis, anthropometric measurements and also the Balance Error Scoring System and the Star Excursion Balance Test Y to assess postural balance. During the tests and training program exercises the muscle activity of paraspinals and transversus abdominis will be analyzed using surface electromyography (sEMG), and body mass center displacement will be measured with a triaxial accelerometer positioned on the fifth lumbar vertebra. The data will be entered in a spreadsheet and statistically tested with SPSS software. The tests will include the comparison of means, association, correlation and effect size, which will be chosen according to the distribution of the data and will use the 5% significance level for all tests.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Pilates-based exercises

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 18
• Phase: Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Pernambuco
    • Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50.740-600
      • Laboratory of Kinesiology and Functional Evaluation in Federal University of Pernambuco

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 30 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sedentary
• healthy
• with no pilates experience

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physically active
• with history of injuries and surgery

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group - Pilates; A Pilates-based exercises program of 6 weeks' duration	Other: Pilates-based exercises
No Intervention: Control group - no exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Static and dynamic postural balance with body mass displacement tracking	Postural balance will be assessed during standing position and walking while wearing a triaxial accelerometer for the body mass displacement tracking	up to 6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Surface Electromyography of the abdominal and low-back muscles	up to 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
• Investigators: Study Director: Marco AB Rodrigues, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): July 27, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 8, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2016
• Last Verified: September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Postural Balance
• Other Study ID Numbers: PAOM0012016

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO