Effects of Pilates-Based Exercise on Life Satisfaction, Physical Self-Concept and Health Status in Adult Women

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz-Ferreira, A.
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Fernandes, Jorge, Gomes, Dulce, Bernardo, Lisa Marie, Kirkcaldy, Bruce, Barbosa, Tiago, Silva, António
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3689; https://doi.org/To cite this Article Cruz-Ferreira, Ana , Fernandes, Jorge , Gomes, Dulce , Bernardo, Lisa Marie , Kirkcaldy, Bruce D. , Barbosa, Tiago M. and Silva, António(2011) 'Effects of Pilates-Based Exercise on Life Satisfaction, Physical Self-Concept and Health Status in Adult Women', Women & Health, 51: 3, 240 — 255 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.563417 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2011.563417; https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2011.563417
• topic: Pilates method; Psychological well-being; healthy women; life satisfaction; quality of life

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of Pilates- based mat exercises on life satisfaction, perception of appreciation by other people, perception of physical appearance, perception of functionality, total physical self-concept, and perception of health status in healthy women. A randomized controlled trial was con- ducted in Évora, Portugal, in 2008, in which 62 healthy adult women were randomized to a Pilates-based mat (experimental group) (n D 38, mean age ̇ SD, 41.08 ̇ 6.64 years) or a control group (n D 24, mean age ̇ SD, 40.25 ̇ 7.70 years). Experimen- tal group participants performed the Initial Mat of Body Control Pilates twice per week, 60-minutes per session. Repeated measure- ments were performed at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. No significant differences between the two groups were observed in life satisfaction, perception of appreciation by other people, perception of physical appearance, perception of functionality, total physical self-concept, and perception of health status at three time point measures (baseline, after 3 months, and after 6 months). No sig- nificant differences were observed in the control group over time. The experimental group showed significant improvements between baseline and six months in life satisfaction (p D .04), perception of appreciation by other people (p D .002), perception of physical appearance (p D .001), perception of functionality (p D .01), total physical self-concept (p D .001), perception of health status (p D .013) and between three and six months in life satisfaction (p D .002), perception of appreciation by other people (p D .05), perception of physical appearance (p D .001), perception of func- tionality (p D .02), and total physical self-concept (p D .001). Life satisfaction, perception of appreciation by other people, perception of physical appearance, perception of functionality, total physical self-concept and perception of health status may improve after 6 months of Pilates-based mat exercise.