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TABLE 1
Characteristics of the included studies.
Study
name/
location
Participants/
Loss
Mean age Participants included
Pilates
frequency
Intensity
Duration Supervision Experimental
group
Control
group
Outcomes
Main results
Eyigor
2010/
Turkey
52/10
48.52±7.62
years
Female, with breast cancer with no
evidence of recurrent or progressive
disease, completion of treatment
with surgery, radiotherapy and/or
chemotherapy with or without
current hormone treatment, consent
to participate in the study, and
cognitive functions good enough to
understand the questionnaires
3 sessions per
week for 8
weeks
Not informed
One hour
Physiotherapist Pilates + home
exercises +
30-minute
information
Home
exercise
All the patients were evaluated for
functional capacity with the
6-min walk test (6MWT),
flexibility (modified sit and reach
test), fatigue with the Brief
Fatigue Inventory (BFI),
depression with the Beck
Depression Index (BDI), quality
of life (EORTC-QLQ-C30 and
EORTC QLQ BR23) and
complications before the
treatment and 8 weeks after the
exercise by the same physician
Both groups improved significantly
in the 6MWT; Only pilates group
significantly improved BDI; Only
pilates group significantly improved
EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ
BR23 functional
Azamian
2015/Iran
34/7
44.11±6.19
years
Women diagnosed with breast
cancer
3 sessions per
week for 12
weeks
Not informed
Not informed Physiotherapist Pilates
No exercise BMI, fat percent, WHR, VO
2
max,
FBS level, insulin, HOMA,
adiponectin
Serum adiponectin level and
VO
2
max significantly increased in
the pilates group. Insulin level,
insulin resistance and body fat
percentage significantly decreased
and the FBS level had no significant
change after selected pilates exercise
training (P<0.05)
Martin
2013/USA
26/0
44.6
Women diagnosed with stage I, II or
III breast cancer that had completed
all treatments within 6 months, had
consent from their oncologist to
participate
3 sessions per
week for 8
weeks
The two protocols
matched in volume
of work and
sequence of muscles
exercised. Perceived
Exertion (RPE) scale
from 6 to 20
50 minutes Bachelors or
Masters of
Exercise and
Sport Science
Group 1
- Pilates
Group
2- Resistance
exercise
No exercise Muscular endurance and
adherence to exercise programs
Pilates and traditional resistance
training may be equally effective at
improving muscular endurance as
significant improvements in
muscular endurance were
observed
Zengin
Alpozgen
2016/
Turkey
57/2
51.94±8.05 “Stages I–III” with a diagnosis of
breast cancer and development of
shoulder ROM limitation (limitation
of 20 ≥ ROM in shoulder flexion,
abduction, external or internal
rotation) secondary due to breast
cancer treatment
3 sessions per
week for 8
weeks
Not reported
45 minutes Physiotherapist Group 1
- Pilates
Group
2- Combined
exercises
Home
exercises
Body mass index; Pain, Range of
motion; Handgrip strength;
functional status of the affected
limb
Levels of pain decreased significantly
in the three groups analyzed. Range
of motion and functional status
improved in all three groups, but
pilates and combined exercises
showed better results