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A Pilates Exercise Program for Improving Core Strength, Balance and Functional Autonomy in Aged Women

NCT02506491 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2018-07-05

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Summary

This study is based on assess and contrast isometric and isokinetic core strength, static and dynamic balance, the number of falls, and functional autonomy in three different old women groups after a 18 weeks 1) Pilates-based structured exercise program, 2) muscular structured exercise program, and 3) nonexercising.

Conditions

  • Healthy Aged Women

Interventions

OTHER

Pilates exercise

2 sessions/week, 1 hour/session during 18 weeks. Intensity determined from 6 to 9 points, controlled by the Resistance exercise scale of perceived exertion (OMNI-RES).

OTHER

Muscular exercise

2 sessions/week, 1 hour/session during 18 weeks. Intensity determined from 6 to 9 points, controlled by the Resistance exercise scale of perceived exertion (OMNI-RES).

OTHER

Control Group

No exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Carrasco, PhD · Universidad de Almeria

  • Domingo J Ramos-Campo, PhD · Universidad Católica San Antonio. Murcia

  • Jacobo A Rubio-Arias, PhD · Universidad Católica San Antonio. Murcia

  • Delia Reche-Orenes, PhD student · Universidad Católica San Antonio. Murcia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

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