The effects of the Pilates method on balance and postural strategies in the elderly

Authors

  • Thauana Silveira Gomes Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS
  • Simone Lara Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-4964
  • Lilian Pinto Teixeira Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7546-1942
  • Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/sdh.v8i2.6672

Keywords:

Exercise, Postural Control, Aging

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the impact of Pilates practice on balance and postural strategies in the elderly.

Materials and Methods: This is an intervention study, which included 14 el-derly, whose balance was assessed by Computerized Dynamic Posturography, including sensory organization tests (SOT), divided into six conditions, and postural strategies (condition I to VI) and neural systems that control balance (visual, vestibular and soma-tosensory) were analyzed. The elderly practiced Pilates exercises over 8 weeks, twice a week, for approximately 50 to 60 minutes.

Results: There was an increase in the use of postural ankle strategies in the conditions: II (p = 0.04) and VI (p = 0.01), post intervention. However, SOT sensory conditions and neural systems that control balance did not change post intervention.

Conclusions: The practice of the Pilates method contributed to the improvement of the use of postural strategies in the elderly and, consequently, can reduce the risk of falling in them. However, there was no significant difference on SOT and neural systems, and we suggest that a longer period of time is need to get more sig-nificant effects on these outcomes.

Author Biographies

Thauana Silveira Gomes, Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS

acadêmica do curso de fisioterapia, UNIPAMPA.

Simone Lara, Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS

Doutora em Educação em Ciências: química da vida e saúde, Docente do curso de Fisioterapia da UNIPAMPA, Campus Uruguaiana/RS

Lilian Pinto Teixeira, Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS

Fisioterapeuta da UNIPAMPA, Mestre em educação física pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares, Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Campus Uruguaiana/RS

DOCENTE DO CURSO DE FISIOTERAPIA - UNIPAMPA.

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Published

2020-06-03

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Artigos Originais

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