title: Pilates exercises improve low back pain and quality of life in patients with HTLV-1 virus: a randomized crossover clinical trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Low back pain is highly prevalent in patients with HTLV-1. The effects of physical activity on this condition are not known, but postural misalignment and motor deficits are frequently present.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of Pilates exercises on chronic low back pain in these patients, and its impact on quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized crossover clinical trial was conducted, involving 22 patients from a reference center in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The VAS was used to evaluate the effect of Pilates on pain intensity and the SF-36 to assess its impact on quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results provide evidence of positive effects on pain intensity and almost all domains of quality of life when patients followed the Pilates exercise program described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Pilates method may be a useful tool in alleviating the symptoms of low back pain, and had a significant impact on quality of life in this sample of patients.
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jaqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Biomorphology Department, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address: abrahao.baptista@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abrahão Fontes
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nayara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.affiliation: Instituto Federal de Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Paracambi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human Retroviruses, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ramon A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kruschewsky
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human Retroviruses, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Galvão-Castro
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Post-graduation Program on Medicine and Human Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Neuromusculoskeletal Dynamics Research Group, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Multidisciplinary Reference Center for HTLV and Human Retroviruses, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Katia Nunes
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Sá
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D026241:Exercise Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: HTLV-1; Low back pain; Pilates exercises; Quality of life