Background: Quality of life and sleep quality have been documented as a challenge for college students, with reports indicating impacts on daytime functioning academic achievement. The present study evaluates the effect Pilates breathing exercise among medical students. Methods: This pre-test post-test quasi experimental involving 132 participants consists one group (assigned exercise) control ...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial, prestest-posttest design, with a 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up. OBJECTIVES To investigate the efficacy of a therapeutic exercise approach in a population with chronic low back pain (LBP). BACKGROUND Therapeutic approaches developed from the Pilates method are becoming increasingly popular; however, there have been no reports on their efficacy. ...

Aims Pilates is a sport that may play a role in reducing pain and healing burns faster like other sports, but these effects have not been investigated in a study.  Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of Pilates exercise on pain control and wound healing among patients with second-degree burns. Materials & Methods The present study is a randomized clinical trial study one in w...

the aim of this research was to determine the effect of selective exercise training on reducing the symptom of hypotonia and changing body composition in down syndrome adults. the research was performed in nemoneh disability rehabilitation centre of tehran. 24 men with down syndrome (mean age 26.185± 3.933) were randomly assigned to either a control (n=11) or an experimental group (n=13). the e...

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of Pilates on lower leg strength, postural balance and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of older adults. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty-two older adults were randomly allocated either to the experimental group (EG, n = 16; mean age, 63.62 ± 1.02 years), which performed two sessions of Pilates per week for 12 weeks, or ...

The neuromuscular system acts to maintain postural stability and reduce the impact of deleterious loads on the spine. Exercising of the abdominal muscles has become widely used in the management of low back pain in order to provide this supplement to spinal stability. Several exercise programmes have been advocated to promote stabilization but evaluation is difficult. This study evaluates two c...