Influence of Pilates-based Exercises on Postural Balance

NCT02845544 | Completed Early Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: PAOM0012016
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 18
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Keywords

Postural Balance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Static and dynamic postural balance with body mass displacement tracking

  Postural balance will be assessed during standing position and walking while wearing a triaxial accelerometer for the body mass displacement tracking

  up to 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Surface Electromyography of the abdominal and low-back muscles

  up to 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group - Pilates

EXPERIMENTAL

A Pilates-based exercises program of 6 weeks' duration

Other: Pilates-based exercises

Control group - no exercises

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Pilates-based exercises OTHER

Experimental group - Pilates

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Sedentary
• healthy
• with no pilates experience

You may not qualify if:

• Physically active
• with history of injuries and surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: lead

Study Sites (1)

Laboratory of Kinesiology and Functional Evaluation in Federal University of Pernambuco

Recife, Pernambuco, 50.740-600, Brazil

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

Exercise Movement Techniques

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physical Therapy Modalities; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Marco AB Rodrigues, Ph.D.

  Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: early phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2016
• First Posted: July 27, 2016
• Study Start: May 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: August 1, 2016
• Last Updated: September 8, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)