NCT05333484

12-week Pilates Program on Community-dwelling Middle-aged Women

Effects of a 12-week Pilates Program on Basal Metabolic Rate, Body Composition, Physical Activity in Middle-aged and Elder Females

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a Pilates exercise intervention program on functional physical fitness in community-dwelling middle-aged women.

Detailed description

Based on quasi-experimental design with a parallel control group, Subjects were allocated into to intervention group and control group with convenience sampling method. The primary outcome included body composition, basal metabolic rate, and functional physical fitness-comprising cardiovascular capacity (3-minute step test), flexibility (sit-and-reach test), muscular strength of upper limbs (grip-strength test), muscular strength of lower limbs (30 s chair stand test), core strength (bent-knee sit-up test), agility (8-foot timed up-and-go test), static balance (single-leg stance with eyes closed test), and dynamic balance (functional reach test), assessed in both groups before and after the 12-week intervention.

Conditions

• Functional Fitness
• Health Promotion
• Exercise
• Frail Elderly Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Programed Pilates	The 60 min Pilates sessions were held twice a week for 12 weeks. Each session included three stages: 10 min of warm-up exercises, 40 min of floor-based Pilates training, and 10 min of cool-down exercises. Each stage was adjusted according to the participants' physical capacity. Only participants with an attendance rate of \> 80% were included in the final sample. The content of the exercise program was determined according to their muscular strength, flexibility, and fitness levels. The training course was divided into three levels: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Each motion was performed in conjunction with a specific breathing pattern for effective muscle activations of each exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-31
• Completion: 2013-12-31
• First posted: 2022-04-19
• Last updated: 2022-04-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan