In the authors' words
“Systolic blood pressure decreased more in SINGLE (-13 +/- 15 mmHg) than in MULTI (-3 +/- 16 mmHg, p interaction = 0.016 with diastolic reductions in both groups (SINGLE: -9 +/- 12 mmHg; MULTI: -2 +/- 11 mmHg, p interaction = 0.053).”
What was measured
- Blood pressure Reported an improvement
- Cholesterol and lipids Mixed results
- Blood sugar and insulin No difference found
About the study
- Type
- Controlled trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, metabolic syndrome or diabetes, cardiovascular disease
- How many
- 44
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Pilates
- Cited
- 2 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 39857509
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Similar studies
- Overweight postmenopausal women did 10 weeks of Nordic walking or Pilates, and Nordic walking produced larger improvements in weight, blood glucose and cholesterol than Pilates.
- Sedentary postmenopausal women aged 60 to 75 with dyslipidemia did 10 weeks of Pilates, which improved cardiorespiratory fitness but did not change cholesterol or lipid levels compared to controls.
- Postmenopausal women with controlled hypertension or normal blood pressure did 12 weeks of Mat Pilates three times weekly; resting blood pressure decreased over time in both groups with similar responses.
- In 47 postmenopausal women, 12 weeks of Mat Pilates reduced resting blood pressure in both hypertensive and normotensive groups and reduced stress-related blood pressure spikes only in hypertensive women.