Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-09-05T19:28:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AletheaCuryRabeloLeitao_DISSERT.pdf: 1726479 bytes, checksum: e7cf8b69b8cb7f29c2b1f25612b92613 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-09-14T00:04:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 AletheaCuryRabeloLeitao_DISSERT.pdf: 1726479 bytes, checksum: e7cf8b69b8cb7f29c2b1f25612b92613 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-14T00:04:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AletheaCuryRabeloLeitao_DISSERT.pdf: 1726479 bytes, checksum: e7cf8b69b8cb7f29c2b1f25612b92613 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-24 / Introdu??o: O m?todo Pilates (MP) consiste em um conjunto de exerc?cios sistematizados, com evid?ncias em efeitos no condicionamento f?sico e na reabilita??o. Objetivo:Analisar a atividade eletromiogr?fica dos m?sculos abdominais (TrA/OI) e do assoalho p?lvico, durante a realiza??o dos exerc?cios Shoulder Bridge,no solo, Shoulder Bridge, Teaser com mola e Teaser sem mola, no aparelho Cadillac?, por meio da eletromiografia de superf?cie, em mulheres climat?ricas praticantes do M?todo Pilates.M?todos:Vinte e oito mulheres climat?ricas com idade 54,14?6,14 anos, 4?2,9 anos de pr?tica de Pilates, frequ?ncia de 2 vezes na semana (85,7%). Todas as volunt?rias submeteram-se a avalia??o funcional dos MAP pela palpa??o manual bidigital e por aparelho eletromiogr?fico com sonda endovaginal. A avalia??o eletromiogr?fica para os m?sculos abdominais foi realizada por eletrodos de superf?cie Al/AgCl. A an?lise estat?stica dos dados foi realizada no programa SPSS (vers?o 20.0). O teste de normalidade utilizado foi o de Shapiro-Wilk, tendo sido adotado p < 0,05. .A an?lise descritiva foi conduzida utilizando distribui??o de medidas (m?dia, desvio padr?o e frequ?ncia relativa). Para an?lise dos dados eletromiogr?ficos, usou-se a correla??o de Spearman. Resultados: Os achados demonstraram n?o haver correla??o significativa (p>0,418) da ativa??o eletromiogr?fica, entre os MAP e MA, nos exerc?cios selecionados. Conclus?o:? necess?rio o desenvolvimento de futuras pesquisas envolvendo estudos do m?todo Pilates e a musculatura do assoalho p?lvico na prescri??o do treinamento f?sico. / Introduction: The Pilates method (PM) consists of a set of systematized exercises, with evidence with effects on physical conditioning and rehabilitation. Objective: Until the moment of the elaboration of this study, no studies were found to analyze the correlation between the activation of the abdominal muscles (AM) and the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) during the execution of the electromyographic activity of PM exercises in climacteric women. For this study we selected the Shoulder Bridge and Teaser exercises with variations. Methods: The study is characterized as analytical, observational and cross-sectional. 28 climacteric women were evaluated (mean age 54.14 ? 6.14 years), with an average of 4 years of Pilates practice, most of them doing it twice a week (85.7%). The sample was for convenience. All the volunteers underwent the functional evaluation of PFM by bidigital palpation. The electromyographic activity was investigated by the Miotool? device. The capture of electromyographic signals for the PFM was performed with endovaginal catheter (Chatanooga?) and, for the abdominal muscles, with Al / AgCl (Meditrace?) surface electrodes. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS program (version 20.0). The normality test used was the Shapiro-Wilk test, using mean and standard deviation for quantitative data evaluation. The presentation of categorical data was given by relative frequencies. For the analysis of the electromyographic data, the Spearman correlation was used. Results: The results showed that there was no relation between electromyographic activation, simultaneously, between PFM and AM, in the selected exercises. Conclusion: Sampling size and absence of a control group may have influenced the findings. It is suggested that future researches involve studies of the Pilates method and pelvic floor musculature in the prescription of physical training. Studies on this subject are scarce and inconclusive.