Influence of Pilates-based Exercises on Postural Balance

NCT ID: NCT02845544

Last Updated: 2016-09-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 18 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental group - Pilates

A Pilates-based exercises program of 6 weeks' duration

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Pilates-based exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control group - no exercises

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Pilates-based exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Sedentary
• healthy
• with no pilates experience

Exclusion Criteria

• Physically active
• with history of injuries and surgery

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Priscilla Alencar de Oliveira Morais

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Marco AB Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Locations

Laboratory of Kinesiology and Functional Evaluation in Federal University of Pernambuco

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

PAOM0012016

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id