STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE: To derive a preliminary clinical prediction rule for identifying a subgroup of patients with low back pain (LBP) likely to benefit from Pilates-based exercise. BACKGROUND: Pilates-based exercise has been shown to be effective for patients with LBP. However, no previous work has characterized patient attributes for those most likely to have a successful outcome…
Abstract Background: Altered motor patterns of the local muscle system (LS) and global muscle system (GS) is reported among low back pain patients. However, the pattern of changes in the LS and GS among individuals with sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SJD) is not clear. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the changes in the resting muscle thickness of LS and GS…
Abstract Purpose: This study was performed to assess and compare the effects of Pilates exercise on flexibility and lumbo-pelvic movement control between the Pilates training and control groups. Methods: A randomized single-blinded controlled design was utilized in the study. Forty healthy male and female volunteers (mean age 31.65 ± 6.21 years) were randomly divided into Pilates-based training (20 subjects) and…
Mallin G, et al. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2013. Authors Mallin G1, Murphy S. Author information 1School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and population science, Health Sciences Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Germainemallin@gmail.com Citation J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2013 Jul;17(3):376-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2013.03.003. Epub 2013 Apr 24. Abstract Neck pain is becoming increasingly more common and multiple interventions have been…