Effects of 12-week Pilates combined with respiratory muscle training on female students' lung function and body posture: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2000032345

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2020-04-26

Start date

2020-04-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

Lung function and body posture

Interventions

experimental group:Pilates combined with respiratory muscle training

control group 1:Pilates

control group 2:Nil

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The experiment recruited 60 qualified female college students aged 18-26. Long-term desk work, irregular daily activities, and one of the following bad postures, for example, round shoulder hunchback, head forward, high shoulder pelvis forward; no trauma or severe spinal disease; subjects agreed to take measures and sign the consent form voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclude college students who exercise regularly; good posture, no bad posture (round shoulder hunchback, head forward, pelvis forward); people with trauma and severe spinal disease; people who are unable to participate in physical exercise due to physical and other reasons.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Lung function;Body posture index;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYanan Zhao

Nanjing Normal University

zhaoyn@qq.com+86 18851170570

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026