Effects of Pilates-based Therapeutic Exercises on the Postural Control

Motor Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Pilates-based Therapeutic Exercises on the Postural Control

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02816541
• Other study ID #: 886.672
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 23, 2016
• Last updated: November 21, 2017
• Start date: July 2016
• Est. completion date: February 2017

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Pilates Method (PM) has been widely used in the daily practice of many professionals. It is well known that anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) have a strong relation with the improvement in performance through motor control improvement. However, no studies have investigate the PM exercises performed with pelvis in different positions on the improvement of performance, APAs and these influences on motor control. This study aims to compare the effects of practicing a single session of Pilates-based therapeutic exercises with posterior pelvic tilt and neutral position of the pelvis on the APAs of elderly subjects.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: February 2017
• Est. primary completion date: February 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 60 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• no history of previous abdominal or spine surgery in the last two years

• no history of low back pain in the past 2 years (as incapacitate pain lasting at least seven days)

• no neurological disorder diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• significant postural asymmetry (misalignment that exceed 2 cm of the anterior superior iliac spine)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Motor Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Pelvis Retroverted
Pilates-based therapeutic exercises with the pelvis retroverted - Exercises executed with the retroverted pelvis, including the Footwork (toes, arched, heels, tendon stretch), Hundred, Coordination, Frog, Leg Circles (performed at the Universal Reformer apparatus ); Double Leg Stretch (performed at the Mat apparatus); Arm Spring Series (Performed at the Cadillac apparatus); The Wall Series (Performed at the Wall).
• Pelvis in Neutral Position
Pilates-based therapeutic exercises with the pelvis in neutral position - Exercises executed with the retroverted pelvis, including the Footwork (toes, arched, heels, tendon stretch), Hundred, Coordination, Frog, Leg Circles (performed at the Universal Reformer apparatus ); Double Leg Stretch (performed at the Mat apparatus); Arm Spring Series (Performed at the Cadillac apparatus); The Wall Series (Performed at the Wall).
• Aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercises (walking) performed on a treadmill.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande Do Sul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Balance via Center of Pressure (COP) displacement assessed by force platform		change pre to post-treatment (at least 40 min)