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PILATES EXERCISES IMPROVE LOW BACK PAIN AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH HTLV-1 VIRUS: A RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER CLINICAL TRIAL
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Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Biomorphology Department. Salvador, BA, Brazil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Instituto Federal de Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro. Paracambi, RJ, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Biomorphology Department. Salvador, BA, Brazil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Instituto Federal de Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro. Paracambi, RJ, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Abstract
Low back pain is highly prevalent in patients with HTLV-1. The effects of physical activity on this condition are not known, but postural misalignment and motor deficits are frequently present. Objectives: To assess the effect of Pilates exercises on chronic low back pain in these patients,
and its impact on quality of life.
Methods: A randomized crossover clinical trial was conducted, involving 22 patients from a
reference center in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The VAS was used to evaluate the effect of Pilates
on pain intensity and the SF-36 to assess its impact on quality of life.
Results: Our results provide evidence of positive effects on pain intensity and almost all domains
of quality of life when patients followed the Pilates exercise. Conclusion: The Pilates method may be a useful tool in alleviating the symptoms of low back pain, and had a significant impact on quality of life in this sample of patients
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