NCT04568733

Cardiorespiratory Responses to a Pilates Training Session and Treadmill Walking in Healthy Adults

Completed NA Last updated 24 March 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Pilates exercise session in Healthy in 31 participants. Completed in 5 December 2020.

Timeline

30 September 2020

Primary endpoint
5 December 2020

5 December 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Izmir Katip Celebi University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	31
Start date	30 September 2020
Primary completion	5 December 2020
Estimated completion	5 December 2020
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Pilates exercise session
• Treadmill walking at 3.2 kph
• Treadmill walking at 4.8 kph

Conditions studied

• Healthy — all drugs for Healthy →

Sponsor

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Healthy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Low cardiorespiratory fitness is related cardiovascular and total mortality. In addition, disease risk is increased with low cardiorespiratory fitness. There is strong evidence that physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with health variables in healthy individuals. Pilates exercises, which are the subgroups of physical activity, has become popular in recent years. Current evidence suggests that Pilates training improves body composition, respiratory muscle strength, exercise performance and quality of life. In addition to these benefits, recent evidence suggests that Pilates training can improve cardiorespiratory fitness. However, there is lack of evidence on whether practicing Pilates exercises satisfy recommendations for intensity of physical activity which improves and maintains health and cardiovascular fitness.

The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the cardiorespiratory responses during a Pilates training session, by measuring cardiorespiratory fitness through oxygen consumption and energy expenditure. The secondary aim of this study is to compare the cardiorespiratory responses during Pilates training session and treadmill walking at different speeds (3.2 kmh and 4.8 kmh).

First, resting metabolic rate will be measured. Then, the participants will be randomized to one of the two possible experimental conditions: (1) Pilates training session than treadmill walking or (2) treadmill walking than Pilates training session. Pilates session will consist of warm-up exercises (e.g. breathing, arm circle, cat and camel spinal rotation etc.) and basic mat exercises (e.g. one leg stretching, double leg stretching, the hundred, saw, rolling like a ball, swimming, pelvic curl etc.). The Pilates session will be presented to the participants via recorded video. Participants will walk on treadmill at two different speeds: 3.2 kph (2 mph) and 4.8 kph (3 mph). Participants initially will walk at pace of 3.2 kph for 10 minutes. After 30-40 minutes- rest (after returning baseline values), participants will walk on at pace of 4.8 kph for 10 minutes.

Publications & conference data

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