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July 11, 2023BMC Sports Science Medicine and RehabilitationOpen Access

The combined Pilates and breathing exercise group showed significant improvements from baseline in HRV (RMSSD increased 52.97%, p=0.04), pulmonary function (FVC increased 10.0%, p=0.01), and body composition (percent body fat decreased 4.53%, p<0.01).

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Why the study?

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of 10-week equipment-based Pilates, slow-controlled breathing exercises, and their combination on heart rate variability, pulmonary function, and body composition in young adult healthy women with normal BMI.

Does equipment-based Pilates, slow-controlled breathing exercise, or a combination of both improve heart rate variability, pulmonary function, and body composition in healthy young adult women?

Comparison

Equipment-based Pilates vs breathing exercise vs combined Pilates and breathing vs control

Design

Quasi-experimental study

Authors

SASongül AdıgüzelDADicle ArasMGMehmet Gülü

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Overview

Combined Pilates-breathing training may improve HRV and lung function in healthy women; leaves open effects in clinical populations or versus other exercise.

Structured PICO

Does equipment-based Pilates, slow-controlled breathing exercise, or a combination of both improve heart rate variability, pulmonary function, and body composition in healthy young adult women?

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Population
40 healthy women, age 18-40, BMI 18.5-24.9, who had not participated in a regular exercise program for the past six months and had no chronic disease or musculoskeletal injury.
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Intervention
Equipment-based Pilates (50 min/day, 2 days/week), slow-controlled breathing exercise (15 min/day, 2 days/week), or a combination of both (50 min Pilates + 15 min breathing, 2 days/week) for 10 weeks.
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Comparator
Control group receiving no regular physical activity program for 10 weeks.
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Outcome
Heart rate variability (HRV) parameters, pulmonary function, and body composition measured before and after the 10-week intervention.surrogate

Combining equipment-based Pilates with slow-controlled breathing exercises synergistically improves vagal tone, pulmonary function, and body composition in healthy young women.

Cite This Study

Adıgüzel et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cfabd4b3302d37b7bf43ahttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-023-00693-5
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  4. 4Effects of 12-week Pilates training program on cardiac autonomic modulation: a randomized controlled clinical trial2021 · 17 citations
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