EFFECTS OF THE PILATES METHOD ON PAIN, FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF PEOPLE WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Exercise Movement Techniques; Rheumatic Diseases; Pain.
Introduction: rheumatic diseases are a group of diseases that can cause inflammation, changes in joints and pain in surrounding structures, and the Pilates method has been used as a tool in the rehabilitation of these patients. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pilates method for individuals with rheumatic diseases. Methods: the study will be a systematic review guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Searches were carried out in the following databases: PUBMED/Medline, CENTRAL, PEDro, Embase and CINAHL. This study will only include randomized controlled trials that investigated the Pilates method compared to a control group or placebo in individuals with rheumatic diseases, and evaluated at least one of the following outcomes: pain, quality of life, functional capacity and physical function. The risk of bias of the included studies will be assessed using the PEDro scale, and the quality of the evidence will be assessed following the GRADE criteria. For each included study, treatment effects measured by continuous variables will be calculated using standardized mean differences (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). To calculate treatment effects measured by dichotomous variables, the risk ratio and 95% CI will be used. If the data is sufficient and the studies do not present excessive heterogeneity, a meta-analysis will be carried out using the random effects model. Preliminary results: as a result of the search in the databases, 2,240 potentially eligible articles were found, of which 1,053 came from CINAHL, 444 from PEDro, 411 from PUBMED/Medline, 211 from CENTRAL and 131 from Embase. Initially 331 duplicate references were removed, and currently 1,909 are in the title and abstract analysis stage, which will be carried out by two independent reviewers.