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The Effects of Pilates Training on Balance Control and Self-Reported Health Status in Community-Dwelling Older
Hadas Gabizon1, Yan Press, Ilia Volkov
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Objectives:
To evaluate the effect of a group-based Pilates training program on balance control and health status in healthy older adults.
Design:
A single-blind, randomized, controlled trial.
Setting:
General community.
Participants:
A total of 88 community-dwelling older adults (age 71.15 ± 4.30 years), without evidence of functional balance impairment, were recruited and allocated at random to a Pilates intervention group (n = 44) or a control group (n = 44).
Intervention:
The Pilates intervention group received 36 training sessions over three months (3 sessions a week), while the control group did not receive any intervention.
Outcome Measures:
Standing upright postural stability, performance-based measures of balance, and self-reported health status was assessed in both groups at baseline and at the end of the intervention period.
Results:
Compared with the control group, the Pilates intervention did not improve postural stability, baseline functional measures of balance, or health status.
Conclusions:
The results suggest that because Pilates training is not task specific, it does not improve balance control or balance function in independent older adults.
