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The effects of the Pilates method on life quality, lung functions and respiratory muscular force in elderly females were analyzed. The quasi-experimental study was undertaken with 19 elderly women in Maringa, Brazil, and evaluated by SF-36, spirometry and manovacuometry. Elderly females underwent ten Pilates sessions on the ground, during 60 min, three times a week. Patients were then re-evaluated and data analyzed by Wilcoxon´s and Mann Whitney´s tests (p < 0.05). Improvement in inspiratory muscular force (40.5%), expiratory (42.9%) muscular force, forced vital ability (9.1%), forced expiratory volume at the first minute (13.3%) and mainly in life quality in domains limitation by physical aspects (68.42%), emotional aspects (43.42%), functional ability (35.0%) and pain (34.37%). Pilates method was efficient to improve life quality, and for lung functioning and respiratory muscular force.

O MÉTODO PILATES NO SOLO NA QUALIDADE DE VIDA, FUNÇÃO PULMONAR E FORÇA MUSCULAR RESPIRATÓRIA DE IDOSAS