{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Pilates workouts can reduce pain in pregnant women.
{Author}: Oktaviani I;
{Journal}: Complement Ther Clin Pract
{Volume}: 31
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: May 2018
{Factor}: 3.577
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.11.007
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>This study aims to evaluate the effects of Pilates exercises for a decreasing pain in pregnant women.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>A total of 40 pregnant women were divided into two groups, a control group (followed a standard pregnancy exercise regimen) and a Pilates group (completed a Pilates exercise regimen). A pain assessment was carried out after exercise, using a visual analog scale. The Pilates group workout program lasted 70-80 min per day, once a week, for 8 weeks.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The reduction in the level of pain was found to be significantly greater in the group of pregnant women who completed the Pilates workout (p < 0.05).<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>The results of this study indicated that Pilates is an effective, healthy, and feasible method of reducing pain in pregnancy, and is therefore a beneficial alternative workout for the suppression of pain in the third trimester of pregnancy.