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Pilates method in personal autonomy, static balance and quality of life of elderly females
Brena Guedes de Siqueira Rodrigues,Samária Ali Cader,Natáli Valim Oliver Bento Torres,Ediléa Monteiro de Oliveira,Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas +4 more
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The Pilates method can offer significant improvement in personal autonomy, static balance and quality of life.About:
This article is published in Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies.The article was published on 2010-04-01. It has received 193 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tinetti test.read more
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Exercise for improving balance in older people
TL;DR: This update of a Cochrane review of exercise interventions on balance in older people, aged 60 and over, living in the community or in institutional care included 94 studies (62 new) with 9,917 participants.
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The importance of trunk muscle strength for balance, functional performance, and fall prevention in seniors a systematic review
TL;DR: There is preliminary evidence in the literature that core strength training (CST) and Pilates exercise training (PET) have a positive influence on measures of strength, balance, functional performance, and falls in older adults.
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Defining Pilates exercise : a systematic review
TL;DR: It is suggested that Pilates is a mind-body exercise that focuses on strength, core stability, flexibility, muscle control, posture and breathing, and a greater emphasis may be placed on posture in people with low back pain.
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A Systematic Review of the Effects of Pilates Method of Exercise in Healthy People
TL;DR: There was strong evidence to support the use of the PME at least to the end of training to improve flexibility and dynamic balance and moderate evidence to enhance muscular endurance.
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The effects of Pilates exercise training on physical fitness and wellbeing in the elderly: A systematic review for future exercise prescription.
Valentina Bullo,Marco Bergamin,Stefano Gobbo,John C. Sieverdes,Marco Zaccaria,Daniel Neunhaeuserer,Andrea Ermolao +6 more
TL;DR: PET should be taken into account as a way to improve quality of life in the elderly, due to the imparted benefits of fall prevention, physical fitness, and mood states.
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Jack M. Guralnik,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Luigi Ferrucci,Robert J. Glynn,Lisa F. Berkman,Dan G. Blazer,Paul A. Scherr,Robert B. Wallace +7 more
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Performance-oriented assessment of mobility problems in elderly patients
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Qualidade de vida e saúde: um debate necessário
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