Comparação da qualidade de vida em mulheres praticantes de Pilates e musculação

Abstract

Objetivo: Comparar o nível de qualidade de vida e a percepção de saúde física e mental de mulheres na meia-idade, praticantes de musculação e do método Pilates, a fim de verificar qual treino associa-se com melhores níveis de qualidade de vida nessa amostra. Métodos: Foram incluídas 50 mulheres na meia-idade divididas em dois grupos com 25 integrantes, sendo um grupo de praticantes do método Pilates (50,53±4,3 anos), e o outro, de musculação (50,4±5,2 anos). Foram aplicados o questionário de qualidade de vida SF-36 e o questionário da saúde da mulher na meia-idade. Resultados: As participantes que treinaram musculação apresentaram um maior nível de qualidade de vida, especialmente relacionado à dor (P=0,01) e à saúde mental (P=0,01), e menos sintomas vasomotores/fogachos (P=0,04), quando comparadas às praticantes de Pilates. Conclusão: A prática da musculação associou-se a uma maior qualidade de vida em mulheres na meia-idade, quando comparada a do método Pilates.

Quality of life and self-esteem of women who practice Pilates

“…One study evaluated the effects of Pilates on a sample of 47 adults, male and female, for a period of 6 months on the criteria: flexibility, body composition and general health status; and the results showed that there was no statistically significant change in these domains between the time, however, the study did not have control group and consequently, there was no comparison between the groups (12) . Other authors did not find a statistically significant difference between groups for the general health domain of SF-36 among a group of women who practice Pilates and a bodybuilding group (13) . This study also did not have a control group.…”

“…In the study that also evaluated quality of life, it was verified that the score of the emotional aspects were statistically better in the Pilates group than in the bodybuilding group (13) . The present study agrees with a research that associated positive change in the emotional aspects domain with the practice of the Pilates Method, which leads us to think that if performed regularly and following the basics, the Pilates method can contribute to changes in the quality of life of the individual (20) .…”

“…Nevertheless, this study diverges from a study in which no significant differences were found either in the emotional aspect or in the mental health domain, which, according to the authors, may have been caused because the time of the practice of the method was insufficient to express a significant change (22) . It is noteworthy that of the studies cited above, only one study has an equivalent methodological design, although the comparison group was different (13) . In order to analyze the self-esteem of both groups, a better response was found for the Pilates group when compared to the control group.…”

Effect of Pilates method and conversation circles on the health of older adults

“…There are studies on, among other topics, balance and strength (3), lexibility (4), pain (6), spinal mobility and pulmonary function (7), quality of life (8), body composition (9), functional capacity (10), and bone remodeling (10). However, most publications address the effect of the Pilates method for treating low back pain (11).…”