Woramontri Chutima, Chaunchaiyakul Rungchai, Yang Ai-Lun, Lin Yi-Yuan, Masodsai Kunanya
Exercise Physiology in Special Population Research Unit, Faculty of Sports Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
College of Sports Science and Technology, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom 73170, Thailand.
Sports (Basel). 2024 Apr 28;12(5):120. doi: 10.3390/sports12050120.
To determine the effects of mat Pilates training on blood pressure, inflammatory, and antioxidative markers in hypertensive elderly people, 34 hypertensive subjects aged 60-75 years were randomly divided into a control group (CON; = 17) and a mat Pilates training group (MP; = 17). The CON participants conducted normal daily activities and participated in neither organized exercises nor sports training, while those in the MP group received mat Pilates training for 60 min three times/week for 12 weeks. Parameters including blood pressure, cardiovascular function, nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrotic factor-alpha (TNF-α), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and malonaldehyde (MDA) were collected at baseline and the end of 12 weeks. The MP group had significantly decreased blood pressure, improved cardiovascular variables, decreased MDA and TNF-α, and increased NO and SOD compared with the CON group and the pre-training period ( < 0.05). In conclusion, these findings demonstrate the positive effects of 12 weeks of mat Pilates training in terms of reducing blood pressure and increasing blood flow related to improvements in anti-inflammatory and antioxidative markers in hypertensive elderly people. Mat Pilates training might be integrated as an alternative therapeutic exercise modality in clinical practice for hypertensive elderly individuals.
为了确定垫上普拉提训练对老年高血压患者血压、炎症和抗氧化指标的影响，将34名年龄在60 - 75岁的高血压受试者随机分为对照组（CON；n = 17）和垫上普拉提训练组（MP；n = 17）。CON组参与者进行正常日常活动，既不参加有组织的锻炼也不参加体育训练，而MP组参与者接受每周三次、每次60分钟、为期12周的垫上普拉提训练。在基线和12周结束时收集包括血压、心血管功能、一氧化氮（NO）、肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）和丙二醛（MDA）等参数。与CON组和训练前相比，MP组血压显著降低，心血管变量改善，MDA和TNF-α降低，NO和SOD升高（P < 0.05）。总之，这些结果表明，12周的垫上普拉提训练在降低血压和增加血流量方面具有积极作用，这与改善老年高血压患者的抗炎和抗氧化指标有关。垫上普拉提训练可能作为一种替代治疗运动方式纳入老年高血压患者的临床实践中。
