A Pilates Exercise Program for Improving Core Strength, Balance and Functional Autonomy in Aged Women

NCT02506491 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PMAFI/24/14
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study is based on assess and contrast isometric and isokinetic core strength, static and dynamic balance, the number of falls, and functional autonomy in three different old women groups after a 18 weeks 1) Pilates-based structured exercise program, 2) muscular structured exercise program, and 3) nonexercising.

Conditions

Healthy Aged Women

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in trunk and hip isokinetic and isometric muscular flexion/extension peak torque, given in Newtons per meter.

  assessed on a Biodex System III Pro Isokinetic Dynamometer (Biodex Medical System, NY, USA).

  "Changes from baseline at 18 weeks" and "Changes from baseline at 30 weeks"

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Changes in displacement of the center of pressure (millimeters) and time spent standing on two feet, tandem and monopodal display.

  Changes from baseline at 18 weeks" and "Changes from baseline at 30 weeks"

• Changes in time spent to accomplish the Timed Up and Go test for dynamic balance

  "Changes from baseline at 18 weeks" and "Changes from baseline at 30 weeks"

• number of falls

  participants will be followed every 4 weeks

• Changes in time to accomplish the protocol GDLAM for assessing functional autonomy

  Changes from baseline at 18 weeks" and "Changes from baseline at 30 weeks

• Changes in bone mineral, lean mass (nonbone), and fat mass for total body, head, chest, trunk, hip, right and left legs and arms regions.

  "Changes from baseline at 18 weeks" and "Changes from baseline at 30 weeks"

Study Arms (3)

Pilates exercise program

EXPERIMENTAL

Incorporate Pilates principles to stimulate core muscles in a dynamic and static way, and exercising arms and legs complementarity with balance as an essential part of standing exercises.

Other: Pilates exercise

Muscular exercise program

EXPERIMENTAL

To train core muscles in a dynamic and static way, and exercising arms and legs complementarity with balance as an essential part of standing exercises.

Other: Muscular exercise

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Healthy active but nonexercising old women

Other: Control Group

Interventions

Pilates exercise OTHER

2 sessions/week, 1 hour/session during 18 weeks. Intensity determined from 6 to 9 points, controlled by the Resistance exercise scale of perceived exertion (OMNI-RES).

Pilates exercise program

Muscular exercise OTHER

2 sessions/week, 1 hour/session during 18 weeks. Intensity determined from 6 to 9 points, controlled by the Resistance exercise scale of perceived exertion (OMNI-RES).

Muscular exercise program

Control Group OTHER

No exercise

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Women aged from 60 to 80 years, physically and mentally able to enroll in the exercise programs. The level of education, toxic habits, medical treatment and/or diseases that can affect musculoskeletal or cardiovascular systems, mental illness, urinary incontinence, the presence of oedema and high blood pressure will be controlled.

You may not qualify if:

• Current or prior participation in a structured Pilates-based or muscular exercise program in the past 3 months, and visual or auditory impairments not corrected with glasses or hearing aid. Each participant will also be at least 80% compliant to the exercise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia: lead
• Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca: collaborator

Related Publications (9)

• Carrasco M, Martínez I, Vaquero M. Cambios en la fuerza isométrica de las mujeres postmenopáusicas tras el ejercicio en el medio acuático. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el deporte 13(49): 73-85, 2013

  RESULT

• Zaragoza AB, Carrasco M. Condición Física y estado de salud mental en mujeres mayores físicamente independientes. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 4(3): 289-300, 2014.

  RESULT

• Carrasco M, Vaquero M. Training in a shallow pool: Its effect on upper extremity strength and total body weight in postmenopausal women. International SportMed Journal 12(1): 17-29, 2011

  RESULT

• Carrasco M, Vaquero M. Water training in postmenopausal women: effect on muscular strength. European Journal of Sport Science 12(2): 193-200, 2011

  RESULT

• Carrasco M, Reche D, Torres-Sobejano M, Romero E, Martínez I. Comparación de la movilidad del raquis entre mujeres de mediana edad practicantes de pilates y de otro tipo de ejercicio. Journal of Sport and Health Research 6(2): 169-176, 2014

  RESULT

• González-Galvez N, Carrasco M, Marcos-Pardo PJ, Feito Y. The effect of Pilates Method in scholar's trunk strength and hamstring flexibility. Gender differences. International Journal of Medical, Health, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Engineerin 8(6): 348-351, 2014.

  RESULT

• Carrasco M, Martínez I, Navarro MD. Daily physical activity and bone mineral density in older women. Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte 21(1): 22-26, 2015.

  RESULT

• Carrasco-Poyatos M, Ramos-Campo DJ, Rubio-Arias JA. Pilates versus resistance training on trunk strength and balance adaptations in older women: a randomized controlled trial. PeerJ. 2019 Nov 14;7:e7948. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7948. eCollection 2019.

  PMID: 31741786 DERIVED

• Carrasco-Poyatos M, Rubio-Arias JA, Ballesta-Garcia I, Ramos-Campo DJ. Pilates vs. muscular training in older women. Effects in functional factors and the cognitive interaction: A randomized controlled trial. Physiol Behav. 2019 Mar 15;201:157-164. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.12.008. Epub 2018 Dec 8.

  PMID: 30529737 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise Movement Techniques; Control Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physical Therapy Modalities; Therapeutics; Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Maria Carrasco, PhD

  Universidad de Almeria

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Domingo J Ramos-Campo, PhD

  Universidad Católica San Antonio. Murcia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Jacobo A Rubio-Arias, PhD

  Universidad Católica San Antonio. Murcia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Delia Reche-Orenes, PhD student

  Universidad Católica San Antonio. Murcia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2015
• First Posted: July 23, 2015
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2015
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: July 5, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-07