Efeito do treinamento de mat pilates na sintomatologia climatérica em mulheres normotensas e hipertensas na pós menopausa

Abstract

Introduction: Climacteric symptoms affect about 75% of women and hypertension can be an aggravation of these symptoms. Physical exercise has been used to improve physiological, metabolic and psychological factors in women. Objective: To compare Mat Pilates training-induced effect on climacteric symptoms in hypertensive and normotensive postmenopausal women. Methods: 47 irregularly active non-obese women participated in the study, 24 normotensive (58±4 years and BP 117/75mmHg) and 23 hypertensive (58±4 years and BP 122/78mmHg) who underwent 36 sessions of Mat Pilates during 12 weeks. These were submitted to 36 sessions of Mat Pilates during 12 weeks, lasting 50 minutes, with an increase in overload every three weeks. Climacteric Symptoms were assessed by the Cervantes Scale (CER), Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and Blatt-Kupperman Menopause Index (B-K). The Generalized Estimates Equation was used to compare groups and time to score the three general and domain questionnaires. The significance level adopted was p<0.05. Results: No difference in Mat Pilates training-induced changes were found between normotensive and hypertensive women. But there was a significant reduction in the scores of B-K and MRS and in the percentage of disappearance of symptoms by B-K after training in both groups. In CER, there was a reduction in symptoms in the total value and in the psychological and menopause and health domains. Conclusion: The presence of hypertension did not change 12-week Mat Pilates training-induced benefits on the climacteric symptoms of non-obese postmenopausal women.