The Effects of a 12-week Step-aerobic and Pilates Exercise Program on the Physical Parameters of Sedentary Women
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a 12-week step-aerobic and Pilates exercise program on the body composition of sedentary women.Its sample included 27 sedentary women who had no health problems, a mean age of 27.59±7.58years and a mean height of 162.96±4.68centimeters.They participated voluntarily and did 1.5 hours of step-aerobic and Pilates exercises at moderate intensity 3 days a week for 12 weeks.They did step-aerobic exercises for 1 hour and Pilates exercises for 30 minutes.Pre-test measurements were taken one day before the exercise program started, and the post-test measurements were taken two days after the exercise program ended.These physical parameters were measured: height, weight, respiration, flexibility, skin-fold thickness, waist and hip circumference.The measurements were intended to determine parameters such as respiratory function, flexibility levels, body fat percentages (BFP) and body mass indexes (BMI) of participants and also to determine changes after exercise.SPSS 22.0 software was used for the statistical analysis of the data.Descriptive statistics were used for determining distributions, and the paired samples t-test was used when the difference between the first and last measurements was determined.The results are presented as means and standard deviations.A p-value of p<0.05 was taken to be statistically significant.While there was no significant difference between the pre-test and the post-test in the peak flow rate (PEF) values, the differences between pre-test and post-test weight, BMI, VLF, flexibility, hip circumference, waist circumference, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) were found to be significant.This showed that the 12-week Pilates and step-aerobic exercises performed by women resulted in localized thinning and reduced body fat.
Authors: Duygu SEVİNÇ, Sibel TETİK
Institution: Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2895112885