Efeito adicional imediato de exercícios de Pilates sobre a eficiência do salto (box jump) em praticantes de um programa de condicionamento extremo

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the additional and immediate effect of Pilates exercises on the efficiency of box jumps in participants of an extreme conditioning program. It is a randomized, blinded clinical study with a sample of twenty-seven athletes (aged 18 to 60 years) divided into the following groups: 1) Pilates Training Group (PTG, n = 13) and 2) Control Group (CG, n = 12). Assessments of box jump force, box jump touch, balance during drop landing with displacement and area variables, and angular deviation in the frontal plane were obtained through tests on a force platform associated with motion analysis before and after immediate Pilates exercises. There were no significant results for mean force and torque variables, although values were higher for the Pilates group when comparing post-intervention with preintervention. For variables identifying body balance during the jump, there was a significant decrease in the area of Pilates group participants compared to pre-Pilates values (p=0.0399). Displacement and evaluation of angular deviation in the frontal plane did not yield significant results. A single Pilates session promotes a decrease in the support area as an indication of improved body balance but does not induce changes in force and angular alteration of the knee in the frontal plane during the box jump exercise.