Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2024
Effectiveness of Pilates compared with home-based exercises in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain: Randomised controlled trial.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of different exercise interventions on lower back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of Pilates compared with home-based exercises for people with chronic non-specific low back pain: a trial-based economic evaluation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Trial
- Preventing chronic low back pain: investigating the role of Pilates in subacute management-a randomized controlled trial.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Trial
- Meta-analysis of the therapeutic effects of different core muscle training on pain and function in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Efficacy of fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural steroid injection with or without ozone in patients with lumbar radiculopathy: A single-center study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of Pilates Matwork Core Exercises on Functioning in Middle-Aged Adult Women with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain Through Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon Analysis: A Pilot RCT.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Pain in Osteoporosis: Current and Future Strategies.Drugs & aging · 2025Review
- A Quasi-Experimental Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects of a Kinesiologic Approach-The Canali Postural Method-To Posture Reprogramming for Non-Specific Low Back Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of different types of core training on pain and functional status in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effectiveness of a Pilates exercise program compared with home-based exercises in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain.
designA randomised controlled trial with a six-month follow-up.
settingRehabilitation clinic.
participantsOne hundred and forty-five individuals (18-50 years of age) with low back pain for ≥ 12 consecutive weeks were enrolled and randomly allocated to either Pilates (
interventionsMethod Pilates (Mat Pilates exercises using accessories) versus home-based exercise (postural exercises, muscle stretching and strengthening, and spine stabilisation/mobilisation), twice a week, for 6 weeks. MAIN MEASURES: Assessments were performed at baseline, post-intervention, and six months follow-up. Outcomes were pain intensity, disability, and health-related quality of life.
resultsAt post-intervention, the Pilates group had significantly lower pain intensity (mean difference = -1.14; 95% CI -2.05; -0.23), less disability (mean difference = -6.7; 95% CI -11.3; -2.0), and higher health-related quality of life (mean difference = 0.102; 95% CI 0.054; 0151) compared to the home-based exercise group. At follow-up, the Pilates group had a significantly higher health-related quality of life (mean difference = 0.055; 95% CI 0.003; 0.106) compared with the home-based exercise group but there were no significant differences in pain and disability. A significant overall effect of Pilates compared to home-based exercise was found for disability (mean difference = -4.4; 95% CI -7.6; -1.1), and health-related quality of life (mean difference = 0.049; 95% CI 0.022; 0.076), but not for pain.
conclusionAlthough Pilates was significantly superior to home exercise for pain and disability, the differences were not considered clinically relevant. However, Pilates did provide significant and clinically relevant differences in utility.
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