Effect of a Pilates exercise program on flexibility, muscle performance and balance of elderly women.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Aging, Balance, Muscle Strength, Pilates MethodE01.370.600.425
- Registration Number
- RBR-969prp
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Female; aged 65 to 80 years; absence of neurological and muscle - skeletal disease that preventing the holding of the exercises, as well as the use of a wheelchair for mobility; cognitive status compatible with schooling assessed by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Exclusion Criteria
Refusal to participate in the survey; pain complaints during the course of training; unexcused absence and without replacement in 10% of training provided.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method improvement of balance through mean COG sway velocity, weight transfer, rising index, COG sway velocity, left/right weight symmetry, step width, speed, end sway ; improvement of muscle performance of quadriceps and hamstrings through the work normalized by body weight and average power.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of passive stiffness of the hamstrings through the peak passive measured by the isokinetic dynamometer.