Different types of exercise in Multiple Sclerosis: Aerobic exercise or Pilates, a single-blind clinical study

Abstract

Aerobic exercise and clinical Pilates exercises revealed moderate changes in levels of cognitive, physical performance, balance, depression, fatigue in MS patients.

Therapeutic Effects of the Pilates Method in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review

“…Another 93 potential articles were removed after the title and abstract review. Forty-five full texts were reviewed, and twenty articles [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] were used in the analysis based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Figure 1 shows the PRISMA selection process flow chart [24].…”

Efficacy of high-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive performance in people with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial

“…large sample size undergoing high-intensity PAE), direct comparisons with previous studies are challenging (see Table 4 for overview). One study of similar duration incorporated 26 weeks of supervised once-weekly low- to moderate-intensity yoga/aerobic exercise, 14 while five additional studies applied 12 weeks of moderate-intensity interval aerobic exercise, 19 12 weeks of community-based “start-to-run” program, 31 12 weeks of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise/pilates, 16 12 weeks of partly supervised low- to moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (i.e. 50%–69% of predicted HR max ), 15 or 8 weeks of clinical Pilates.…”

“…However, in contrast to the current study, cardiorespiratory fitness was not assessed in most of these studies. 11,[14][15][16] The latter is indeed a limitation as the rationale for doing aerobic exercise is to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, which is suggested to mediate improvements in cognitive performance. 32 Four additional studies applying 4 weeks of intensive multimodal treadmill training, 20 12 weeks of supervised treadmill walking, 13 12 weeks of home-based step training, 17 or 24 weeks of PRT 18 similarly found no changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, 13,17 Study/domain (exercise regime) Memory and learning information processing, 13,17,18 executive function, 13,17,20 and visuospatial functions.…”

Effect of Isometric Exercises on Ability and Balance of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

“…Aerobic exercise was shown to have positive impacts on balance, walking, and cognitive function in MS patients, although it did not reach statistical significance on the mobility of lower extremity in patients with MS [25,26]. In another randomized controlled trail study, isometric training for 12 weeks enhanced muscle power and functional ability of patients with moderate MS [24].…”