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Pilates is a system of exercises using special apparatus, designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, and enhance mental awareness. Regular exercise of post-menopausal women has benefits of increased cardio-respiratory fitness, increased muscle strength and endurance, reduced body fatigue, improved morale, and increased ability to perform daily tasks with greater force.Thus the main objective of regular exercise is prevention of physical deterioration and optimizing functional capacity to improve overall postmenopausal women's quality of life.
Fatigue has a negative impact on quality of life of postmenopausal women. Fatigue can be an overwhelming experience impacting the physical, emotional and social aspects of them. Fatigue can prevent them from carrying out their usual activities of daily living ,Menopause-related fatigue can be caused by changing estrogen levels, but it is often compounded by common symptoms, chief symptoms among these are vasomotor symptoms, which are experienced by up to 80% of women and include hot flashes and night sweats that can disrupt sleep , Pilates exercise considered a complementary therapy to treat fatigue in postmenopausal women. Pilates exercises are a healthy and effective method for improving the functional capacity, flexibility, fatigue, depression and quality of life of post menopause women ,They include stretching and strengthening exercises with controlled and precise movements that have indicated both mental and physical effects on post-menopausal women healthThe purpose of physical training using Pilates is to improve body functioning based on core strengthening that include rectus abdomens, transverse abdomen, erector spine, diaphragm and pelvic floor muscles. The six basic principles of Pilates exercise are centralization, concentration, control, precision, respiration and flow .
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| exercise group | Experimental | This group included twenty six post-menopausal women. They will participate in Pilates exercise, medical standard care for fatigue and advices to deal with fatigue. The Pilates exercises consisted of a set of 10 movements: bridging; hundred; roll up; one leg circle (both ways); single straight leg stretch; single leg kick; side kick up and down; side kick circles; rest position (stretch and relaxation); and curling ,women were instructed to perform 30 min per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 weeks. |
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| standard care group | Experimental | Each post-menopausal woman in both groups will receive a medical standard care for post-menopausal fatigue. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Pilates exercises | Other | Pilates exercises for flexibility and stability |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| change in Fatigue Assessment Scale | Assess fatigue for postmenopausal women The total score ranges from 10 to 50.
| immediately before the intervention (baseline value) and after 8 weeks of intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| change in Intreluken-6 test | Evaluate fatigue in post menopausal women it is a blood analysis It's normal range is 0-16.4 pg/mL Values higher than 16.4 indicate fatigue | immediately before the intervention (baseline value) and after 8 weeks of intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| change in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | Self-report questionnaire that assesses sleep quality The scores range from 0 to 21, a score >5 be considered as a significant sleep disturbance. | immediately before the intervention (base line value) and after 8 weeks of intervention |
Inclusion Criteria:
. All participants will be sedentary.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Post-menopausal women who have Uncontrolled hypertension.
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| ID | Term |
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| D005221 | Fatigue |
| D020447 | Parasomnias |
| ID | Term |
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| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D012893 | Sleep Wake Disorders |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D026241 | Exercise Movement Techniques |
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| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| medical standard care for fatigue |
| Dietary Supplement |
supplements and medical care |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |