PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects 8 weeks mat Pilates exercise on back pain, muscle mass, isokinetic function, and core stability in healthy college female.METHODS: Twenty females (aged 21.7±2.5 years) were recruited for study. participants divided into two groups: group (MP, n=10) non-Pilates control (CON, n=10). MP participated program 60 minutes a day, 3 days ...

25 Background and Purpose: Bilateral pedicle stress fractures are extremely rare, with few 26 cases reported in the literature. The pedicle is known to be the second weakest point of 27 the vertebra, has a short moment arm from the vertebral body, and can resist a large 28 amount of cyclic shear forces. There have been several reports describing pedicle stress 29 fracture in adolescent athletes...

BACKGROUND There is a need to find ways to increase the physical activity levels and improve the body composition and blood pressure of girls. METHODS Thirty 11-year-old girls were recruited from two after school programs in Houston Texas in Spring 2005. Participants from one program (16) were randomly assigned to intervention, the other (14) served as controls. BMI, BMI percentile, waist cir...

[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 ...

Background and Aim Evidence shows that vitamin D deficiency obesity are associated with impaired physical mental health. This study aims to investigate the effect of Pilates supplementation on quality life health overweight men. Methods & Materials is a randomized clinical trial pre-test/post-test design. Fifty men were selected by convenience sampling method randomly divided into four grou...

The present study examined the effects of timed ingestion of supplemental protein (20-g servings of whey protein, 3×/day), added to the habitual diet of free-living overweight/obese adults and subsequently randomized to either whey protein only (P; n = 24), whey protein and resistance exercise (P + RT; n = 27), or a whey protein and multimode exercise training program [protein and resistance ex...