Pilates and PNF Methods Induces Similar Strength Gains

Sarcopenia Clinical Trial

Official title:

PILATES AND PNF METHODS INDUCES SIMILAR STRENGTH GAINS, BUT DIFFERENT NEUROMUSCULAR ADAPTATIONS IN ELDERLY WOMEN

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02274909
• Other study ID #: UESPI-8
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 22, 2014
• Last updated: October 23, 2014
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To compare the influence of a training program with Pilates and PNF methods to elderly women on the strength gains and motor control during voluntary contractions

Description:

Sixty healthy elderly women were randomly divided into 3 groups: Pilates group (PG), PNF group (PNFG) and Control group (CG). Pilates and PNF groups underwent one-month (three times per week) training program with Pilates and PNF methods, respectively. CG received no intervention along the one month. The maximal isometric force from knee extension and flexion, as well as the EMG signal from quadriceps and biceps femoris were recorded before and after the one-month intervention period. A two-way analysis of variance (3 groups x 2 measures) was used to compare the results from EMG signal, isometric force and force variability and force spectrum. A one-month training program with Pilates and PNF methods induces similar strength gains from knee flexors and extensors, without differences between methods, but PG exhibited greater low gamma drive (i.e., 30-60 Hz band) after the training period. Both Pilates and PNF methods were efficient to improve the muscle strength, but with different neuromuscular adaptations in elderly women. These results give support to the recommendation these methods to older age groups, since the increment of lower limb muscle strength is important for gait, postural stability and performance of daily life activities of this population.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: July 2014
• Est. primary completion date: May 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 60 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the subjects were between 60 an 80 years old, sedentary and healthy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects were excluded from the study if they presented any orthopedic, neurological, cardiac, vestibular, visual, or psychiatric impairment which would not allow them to perform all the tasks in the study

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sarcopenia

Intervention

Other:
• TRAINING PROGRAM
Sixty healthy elderly women were randomly divided into 3 groups: Pilates group (PG), PNF group (PNFG) and Control group (CG). Pilates and PNF groups underwent one-month training program with Pilates and PNF methods, respectively. CG received no intervention along the one month.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	EMG measurement		WERE MEASUREMENT BEFORE AND ONE MONTH, IN ALL PARTICPANTS	Yes