Balance Training Vs Pilates Training

Effects on Balance of a Specific Training in Balance and Pilates: a Quasi-randomized Trial

Many pathologies present balance disturbances, however, other types of therapies such as Pilates are increasingly used within the Physiotherapy profession. It is therefore necessary to know the effects that this type of exercise has compared to the traditional method of balance training in order to make good use of this type of therapy.

The objective of the study will be to know if there are differences between both types of training on the balance of the participants.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Balance Training
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Balance training; Other: Pilates training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 44
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Valencia, Spain, 46010
    • Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• University students between 18 and 35 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diseases or patologies that affect balance.
• Professional sportmen.
• Having suffered an injury 6 months prior to the intervention.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Balance; Balance training group.	Other: Balance training; 12 sessions of balance training en 4 weeks, with a duration of 40-45 min each.
Active Comparator: Pilates; Pilates group.	Other: Pilates training; 12 sessions of Pilates training en 4 weeks, with a duration of 40-45 min each.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Y Balance Test	The Y Balance Test (YBT) has the patient stand on one leg while reaching out in 3 different directions with the other lower extremity. They are anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral. When using the Y-Balance test kit, the 3 reaches yield a "composite reach distance" or composite score used to predict injury. The YBT showed good interrater test-retest reliability with an acceptable level of measurement error among multiple raters screening active duty service members, and a second study shows excellent reliability (ICC = 0.88- 0.99). An increase in the value of the test is indicative of the improvement of dynamic balance.	0 week
Y Balance Test	The Y Balance Test (YBT) has the patient stand on one leg while reaching out in 3 different directions with the other lower extremity. They are anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral. When using the Y-Balance test kit, the 3 reaches yield a "composite reach distance" or composite score used to predict injury. The YBT showed good interrater test-retest reliability with an acceptable level of measurement error among multiple raters screening active duty service members, and a second study shows excellent reliability (ICC = 0.88- 0.99). An increase in the value of the test is indicative of the improvement of dynamic balance.	5 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Emery test	The single-leg Emery timed balance test was specifically designed to assess the balancing abilities of young people and adolescents. In this work, we conducted the eyes-closed dynamic test. The participants were asked to stand barefooted on an Airex® Balance-Pad with slight knee flexion of the weight-bearing limb and 45° degree flexion of the non-weight-bearing limb, keeping their hands on their hips. The timer was stopped when a participant lost their balance owing to one of the following situations: removal of hand from the hip; opening of the eyes; the non-weight-bearing limb touching the floor, the pad, or the weightbearing limb; or the pad or the foot of the non-weight-bearing limb moving from the initial test position. The longest duration of three attempts was recorded for each leg, allowing 30 s of rest between trials. Balance improves if time is increased on this test.	0 week, 5 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Valencia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 9, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): March 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 20, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): January 31, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 5, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 4, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Prevention; Physiotherapy; Balance training; Pilates
• Other Study ID Numbers: BAL_VS_PIL

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

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

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No