Publication date: Mar 01, 2025
To evaluate the impact of eight weeks of Pilates Method on physical fitness and sleep quality of individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome. Randomized clinical trial blinded conducted with fifty-nine individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome. The participants were randomly allocated to the Pilates group (PG; n = 20), supervised physical exercise group (SPEG; n = 20) and control group (CG; n = 19). The intervention occurred twice a week for eight weeks in a total of 16 sessions. The primary outcome was distance covered in the 6-min walk test and the secondary outcomes were the profile of the sample, post-exercise fatigue and sleep quality. After the intervention, only the PG increased the distance covered in the 6-min walk test (p
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | sleep quality |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | MESH | syndrome |
| disease | IDO | intervention |
| disease | MESH | Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome |