NCT03526757

Effects of Pilates Standing Exercises on Walking Mobility and Postural Balance

Completed NA Last updated 21 September 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Standing Pilates protocol in Aging in 36 participants. Completed in 30 July 2019.

Timeline

1 March 2018

Primary endpoint
30 July 2019

30 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	screening
Enrollment	36
Start date	1 March 2018
Primary completion	30 July 2019
Estimated completion	30 July 2019
Sites	1 location across Brazil

Drugs / interventions tested

• Standing Pilates protocol
• Standard Pilates protocol

Conditions studied

• Aging — all drugs for Aging →
• Mobility Limitation — all drugs for Mobility Limitation →
• Postural Balance — all drugs for Postural Balance →

Sponsor

Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul — full company profile →

Who can join

60 and older, female only, with Aging or Mobility Limitation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Importance: Aging is characterized by numerous molecular, physiological, functional, motor and psychological changes, such as loss of postural balance and reduced muscle mass/strength. Such modifications often lead to reduced physical-functional capacity in the elderly and increased risk of falls. Currently, physical exercise is widely used to improve physical performance and reduce, at least in part, postural instabilities and the risk of falls. In this context, the Pilates method may be a good strategy to improve body balance, muscle strength and, potentially, the perception of quality of life in this population, depending how the exercises are performed. This study seeks to assess whether practicing Pilates exercises in orthostatic position results in differential effects on walking mobility and postural balance in healthy elderly women when compared to the standard sequence in the Pilates method, which involves less time performing exercise in the orthostatic position. The study hypothesis is that a higher relative volume of Pilates exercises performed in the orthostatic position can promote greater benefits in terms of walking mobility and postural balance compared to the standard Pilates protocol in the elderly.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.