Background: Urinary Incontinence is a state in which an individual unable to control urine and may leak it out without reaching the toilet. The urgency of becomes such patients. Aim: To determine effects modified Pilates on incontinence severity quality life females with urinary incontinence. Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial. Methodology: Patients (n=50) were analyzed. Group A received...

Abstract Study aim : This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a Pilates-based training program on functional mobility and strength in community-dwelling adults over 70 years old. Material methods Twenty elderly subjects were recruited randomly assigned control (C = 10) or Pilates (PT groups for 8 weeks (2 times/week). Anthropometric, strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, mobility, static dyna...

The brains ability to restructure, linked with positive emotional states and techniques to enhance the activation of the mirror neuron system, allows for increased motor learning. This study examines the effects of enhancing goal-oriented movement and examines various techniques used to strengthen neural networks during such movement practices. Goal oriented movement practices are commonly used...

BACKGROUND Chronic low back pain is an expensive and difficult condition to treat. One of the interventions widely used by physiotherapists in the treatment of chronic non-specific low back pain is exercise therapy based upon the Pilates principles. Pilates exercises can be performed with or without specific equipment. These two types of Pilates exercises have never been compared on a high-qual...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the effects of mat Pilates on resting heart rate, resting blood pressure and fasting blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides in elderly women. METHODOLOGY Fifty sedentary, apparently healthy females aged 60 and older were randomly assigned into a control (CG, n = 25) or an intervention (IG, n = 25) group. The IG took part in an eight-week progressi...

AIM The Back School is a widely accepted and effective method for treating low back pain, whereas no scientific evidence exists about the effects of the Pilates CovaTech method. With this study we wanted to evaluate the efficacy of this new method in patients with low back pain. METHODS Fifty-three patients with at least 3 months of nonspecific low back pain were entered into a Pilates therap...

The goal of this study is to review and analyze scientific articles where the Pilates Method was used as treatment for non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP). Articles were searched using the Medline, EMBASE, PEDro, CINAHL, and SPORTDICUS databases. The criteria used for inclusion were randomized controlled trials (RCT) and clinical controlled trials (CCT) published in English where therapeu...

Aims: to evaluate the effects of 12 weeks Pilates training (Classical Method) on cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate responses healthy sedentary women. Method: fifteen women (average age 29±4) performed for 60 minutes, three times per week (Pilates Group). Thirteen 29±5) as controls maintained their routine activities (Control The exercises’ introduction was by degree difficulty with chang...