Results of a Pilates exercise program in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract

An 8-week Pilates exercise program is effective in improving disability, pain, flexibility and balance in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

Effect of an intervention in Physical Education classes on health related levels of physical fitness in youth

“…These results are similar to those found in other studies focused on the need for physical exercise in the promotion of better muscular health conditions 26,27 . Flexibility of boys and girls increased after the program.…”

“…Some studies indicated that girls present more adequate levels of flexibility than boys 26,27,28 and also are more likely to engage in exercise to improve flexibility, therefore, we suggest future interventions take this into consideration as well as other strategies to reach a positive effect on the flexibility for boys.…”

“…This result can be explained by the lack of control in food consumption, as well as the limitation the BMI itself presents, since in adolescents this variable should be cautiously analyzed once muscular body mass could be gained during an intervention and lead to wrong interpretation of the possible relation between growth and development indicators in youth 1 . However, it is important to highlight that other studies have shown a low effect of intervention programs in body composition [15][16][17]26,27 . In fact, research has presented positive results in levels of physical fitness and metabolic parameters [15][16][17] , indicating effectiveness of the interventions on those aspects even when there is no decrease in BMI, in agreement with the present findings.…”

Benefícios E Efeitos Do Método Pilates No Tratamento De Dor Lombar Crônica Inespecífica: Uma Revisão Integrativa

“…Os estudos de forma geral mostraram efeitos positivos para o MP em pacientes com dor lombar crônica não especifica. Os principais benefícios do método apontados pelos estudos foram principalmente sobre o alivio da dor (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2018;CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2015;MACHADO et al, 2017;MIYAMOTO et al, 2018;NATOUR et al, 2015;VALENZA et al, 2017), a maior na capacidade funcional (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2018;CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2015;KOFOTOLIS et al, 2016;MACHADO et al, 2017;MIYAMOTO et al, 2018;NATOUR et al, 2015;VALENZA et al, 2017) principalmente em pessoas idosas, aumento da flexibilidade e mobilidade (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2015;MACHADO et al, 2017;VALENZA et al, 2017), melhora no equilíbrio corporal (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2015;LOPES et al, 2017;VALENZA et al, 2017), aumento da qualidade de vida (KOFOTOLIS et al, 2016;NATOUR et al, 2015), maior resistência muscular (MACHADO et al, 2017), e redução da cinesiofobia (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2018) (tabela1). Sobre os estudos selecionados para a pesquisa, a maioria realizou ensaios clínicos randomizados (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2018;KOFOTOLIS et al, 2016;MIYAMOTO et al, 2018;MOSTAGI et al, 2015;NATOUR et al, 2015;VALENZA et al, 2017), dois ensaio controlado aleatório único e cego (CRUZ-DÍAZ et al, 2015;LOPES et al, 2017) apenas um estudo de coorte prospectivo observacional (MACHADO et al, 2017).…”

Effectiveness of the Pilates method for individuals with nonspecific low back pain: clinical and electromyographic aspects.

“…Kofotolis, Kellis, Vlachopoulos, Gouitas, Theodorakis 32 reported that Pilates was more effective than trunk strengthening in increasing the quality of life and decreasing the functional disabilities after an 8-week protocol and the effects were retained for a three-month follow-up 32 . Studies that evaluated the effectiveness of a Pilates protocol compared to general exercises or self-management for eight weeks concluded that the method was more effective in reducing pain, disability, flexibility and balance in individuals with chronic LBP 21,22 . These authors also emphasized the importance of subgrouping these patients in order to create effective programs aimed at the specific mechanisms of pain, acting even more in the reduction of disability 22 .…”