Name: JENIFFER LUBIANA CAMPOS
Publication date: 31/07/2015
Examining board:
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| RODRIGO LUIZ VANCINI | External Examiner * |
Summary: Breathing is an active process that depends on the action of the respiratory muscles to occur the variation of pressure required for entry and exit of air from the lungs, and the Pilates is a training mode that has as one of its basic principles the care of breathing while performing the exercises. Thus, this study aimed to determine whether respiratory kinematics is amended by practicing mat Pilates. For this, the three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the breathing movements of 35 healthy women (21 Pilates group and 14 in control group) in tidal volume and vital capacity maneuvers for achieving mobility of the upper chest, abdomen and lower chest was performed, as well as the contribution of magazines for the expansion and coordination between these compartments before and after 24 training sessions in the method. The expandability and the contribution of magazines were evaluated by the range and the coordination by the phase angle. After training, both current volume and in vital capacity was increased expandability of the chest wall and all compartments and the upper chest now has a contribution to the expansion similar to the abdomen. Coordination between the lower chest and abdomen decreased vital capacity after training. In the second evaluation, the control group had increased expandability upper chest in vital capacity and no change in the phase angle, and the results of the contribution percentage remained the same: an increased contribution of the abdomen for the current volume and a greater contribution upper chest and abdomen to the vital capacity. The practice of Pilates suggests a better activation of the muscles responsible for the expansion of the chest wall in a quiet, maximum breathing. Better activation of accessory muscles that act on inspiration, especially in the upper chest, may explain the fact that the upper chest and abdomen also contribute to the expansion of the chest wall after training. However, the practice of mat Pilates seems to improve coordination between the compartments in women with low initial levels of phase angle. We conclude that the practice of mat Pilates for 12 weeks improves the scalability of the chest wall, increases the contribution of the upper chest for this expansion and did not improve on the coordination between the compartments. It is proving to be a promising tool for the improvement or maintenance of satisfactory thoracoabdominal expandability for good respiratory mechanics.
