Halis Fikret, Yildirim Pelin, Kocaaslan Ramazan, Cecen Kursat, Gokce Ahmet
a Sakarya University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology , Sakarya , Turkey.
b Derince Training and Research Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Kocaeli , Turkey.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2016 May 18;42(4):302-8. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2015.1033576. Epub 2015 Mar 31.
Although a large number of studies report the impact of daily exercise on many aspects of women's health, none of them address the relationship between Pilates exercise and sexual function prospectively. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Pilates exercise on sexual function in healthy young women using a validated questionnaire. In total, 34 premenopausal healthy Turkish women aged between 20 and 50 years who had regular menstrual cycles and sexual relationships were included in the study. Women were asked to complete Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaires. Questionnaires were completed before and after 12 weeks of Pilates exercise. Primary endpoints were changes in total and individual domain scores on the FSFI and BDI. After the 12-week Pilates intervention, BDI scores were decreased and all domains of the FSFI were significantly improved with mean ± SD total FSFI scores increasing from 25.9 ± 7.4 to 32.2 ± 3.6 (p <.0001). This is the first prospective study that quantifies the improvement in sexual function of healthy women after a 12-week Pilates program. Our findings suggest that Pilates may improve sexual function in healthy women. However, further studies with a larger sample size are needed in this field.
尽管大量研究报告了日常锻炼对女性健康诸多方面的影响，但它们均未前瞻性地探讨普拉提运动与性功能之间的关系。本研究的目的是使用经过验证的问卷评估普拉提运动对健康年轻女性性功能的影响。共有34名年龄在20至50岁之间、月经周期规律且有性关系的绝经前健康土耳其女性纳入本研究。要求女性完成贝克抑郁量表（BDI）和女性性功能指数（FSFI）问卷。问卷在普拉提运动12周前后完成。主要终点是FSFI和BDI总分及各领域得分的变化。经过12周的普拉提干预后，BDI得分降低，FSFI所有领域均显著改善，FSFI总分均值±标准差从25.9±7.4增至32.2±3.6（p<.0001）。这是第一项对健康女性进行为期12周的普拉提训练后性功能改善情况进行量化的前瞻性研究。我们的研究结果表明，普拉提可能改善健康女性的性功能。然而，该领域需要进一步开展更大样本量的研究。
