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Balance Training Vs Pilates Training

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Balance Training
Interventions
Other: Balance training
Other: Pilates training
Registration Number
NCT05705752
Lead Sponsor
University of Valencia
Brief Summary

Many pathologies present balance disturbances, however, other types of therapies such as Pilates are increasingly used within the Physiotherapy profession. It is therefore necessary to know the effects that this type of exercise has compared to the traditional method of balance training in order to make good use of this type of therapy.

The objective of the study will be to know if there are differences between both types of training on the balance of the participants.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
44
Inclusion Criteria
  • University students between 18 and 35 years.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Diseases or patologies that affect balance.
  • Professional sportmen.
  • Having suffered an injury 6 months prior to the intervention.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
BalanceBalance trainingBalance training group.
PilatesPilates trainingPilates group.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Y Balance Test5 week

The Y Balance Test (YBT) has the patient stand on one leg while reaching out in 3 different directions with the other lower extremity. They are anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral. When using the Y-Balance test kit, the 3 reaches yield a "composite reach distance" or composite score used to predict injury.

The YBT showed good interrater test-retest reliability with an acceptable level of measurement error among multiple raters screening active duty service members, and a second study shows excellent reliability (ICC = 0.88- 0.99).

An increase in the value of the test is indicative of the improvement of dynamic balance.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Emery test0 week, 5 week

The single-leg Emery timed balance test was specifically designed to assess the balancing abilities of young people and adolescents. In this work, we conducted the eyes-closed dynamic test. The participants were asked to stand barefooted on an Airex® Balance-Pad with slight knee flexion of the weight-bearing limb and 45° degree flexion of the non-weight-bearing limb, keeping their hands on their hips. The timer was stopped when a participant lost their balance owing to one of the following situations: removal of hand from the hip; opening of the eyes; the non-weight-bearing limb touching the floor, the pad, or the weightbearing limb; or the pad or the foot of the non-weight-bearing limb moving from the initial test position. The longest duration of three attempts was recorded for each leg, allowing 30 s of rest between trials. Balance improves if time is increased on this test.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia

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Valencia, Spain

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