Modified Pilates reduces low back pain during intervention but is not sustained over time .
Efficacy of the Addition of Modified Pilates Exercises to a Minimal Intervention in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Phys Ther. 2013 Mar;93(3):310-20. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20120190. Epub 2012 Oct 11.86 patients with chronic non-specific low back pain were randomized to receive an education booklet containing information about low back pain alone or 12 sessions of Pilates based exercises, in addition to the education booklet. The results of the study suggest that modified-Pilates exercises improve short term pain, disability, and global impression of recovery following the intervention. These improvements were not sustained at the 6 month follow-up.
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