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ReviewEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2022

Benefits of Pilates in the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mário José Pereira, Rodrigo Mendes, Rui Sousa Mendes, Fernando Martins, Ricardo Gomes, José Gama, Gonçalo Dias, Maria António Castro

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Review in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
17.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of Pilates exercises on health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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  6. Force-Vector Pilates Exercises on Functional Performance and Braking Reaction Time in Older Professional Drivers: An Exploratory Feasibility Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mário José PereiraFaculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física, Universidade de Coimbra, 3040-248 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8802-5269
Rodrigo MendesESEC-UNICID-ASSERT, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, 3030-329 Coimbra, Portugal.
Rui Sousa MendesESEC-UNICID-ASSERT, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, 3030-329 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2433-5193
Fernando MartinsESEC-UNICID-ASSERT, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, 3030-329 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1812-2300
Ricardo GomesESEC-UNICID-ASSERT, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, 3030-329 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2310-1560
José GamaResearch Unit for Sport and Physical Activity (CIDAF) (UID/DTP/04213/2020), Universidade de Coimbra, 3040-248 Coimbra, Portugal.
Gonçalo DiasESEC-UNICID-ASSERT, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, 3030-329 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3774-6661
Maria António CastroROBOCORP, IIA, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, 3030-329 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1500-355X
Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra · PTUniversity of Coimbra · PTInstituto Politécnico de Leiria · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/50008/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review is to collect and summarize the benefits of Pilates in the elderly population (>60 years old), within the current scientific production, assessing its contribution to Healthy Ageing (HA). We used PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis) to select, collect, and analyse this thematic. The methodological procedures were registered in the PROSPERO database. The main results of the studies analysed (n = 30) point to significant differences between the intervention and the control groups in dynamic balance, strength, mobility, functional capacity, risk of falling reduction, and mental and psychological health. Thus, the results showed that Pilates may be beneficial for the health of the elderly. The meta-analysis found statistical differences between means on the dynamic balance (mean difference (MD) = −0.0, 95% CI [−0.71, −0.50]; I2: 0%) and the aerobic capacity and aerobic resistance [(MD) = 38.29, 95% CI [6.82, 69.77]; I2: 0%). Thus, it is concluded that the efficacy of Pilates has been shown in various areas of HA and has proven to be affordable and safe for the majority of people, using just a mat on the floor. Future studies should focus on the analysis of the relationship between the cost and the benefit of a Pilates intervention in the elderly population, to better understand how health costs can be minimized and to contribute to a multidisciplinary and generalized HA. Pilates has practical application for the clinicians, therapists, and health professionals that work with the elderly population.

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active agingbalanceelderlyhealthPilates

Identifiers

PMID35323204
PMCPMC8947639
OpenAlexW4214594192

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