Influence of Pilates-based Exercises on Postural Balance

Sedentary Lifestyle Clinical Trial

Official title:

Influence of Pilates-based Exercises on Static and Dynamic Postural Balance of Sedentary Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02845544
• Other study ID #: PAOM0012016
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• First received: May 3, 2016
• Last updated: September 7, 2016
• Start date: May 2016
• Est. completion date: August 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: August 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sedentary

• healthy

• with no pilates experience

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physically active

• with history of injuries and surgery

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Intervention

Other:
• Pilates-based exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Laboratory of Kinesiology and Functional Evaluation in Federal University of Pernambuco	Recife	Pernambuco

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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	No
Secondary	Surface Electromyography of the abdominal and low-back muscles		up to 6 weeks	No