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Effects of clinical pilates on physical fitness, premenstrual symptoms, and kinesiophobia: a randomized controlled trial

Clinical pilates for premenstrual syndrome: an RCT

Original Research doi:10.4328/ACAM.22851 Published: 01.04.2026 Ann Clin Anal Med 2026;17(4):390-397

Authors

1, 2
Affiliations

1Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Institute of Graduate Education, Istanbul Atlas University, Istanbul, Türkiye.

2Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Atlas University, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Corresponding Author

Meltem Kaya

meltem_rmglu@hotmail.com

+90 555 881 90 93

Declarations

Ethics Declarations

All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the Declaration of Helsinki.

Animal and Human Rights Statement

All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.

Data Availability

The data supporting the findings of this article are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, due to privacy and ethical restrictions. The corresponding author has committed to share the de-identified data with qualified researchers after confirmation of the necessary ethical or institutional approvals. Requests for data access should be directed to bmp.eqco@gmail.com

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Funding

None.

Author Contributions (CRediT Taxonomy)

Conceptualization: H.C.G.

Methodology: H.C.G., A.D.S.

Data curation: H.C.G.

Formal analysis: H.C.G.

Writing – original draft: H.C.G.

Writing – review & editing: A.D.S.

Supervision: A.D.S.

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Figures

Figure 1. Flow chart of the study

Figure 1. Flow chart of the study

Tables

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%). *p ≤ 0.05 BMI: Body mass index; cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram

Table 2. Effects of a clinical Pilates-based exercise program on body composition and physical fitness parameters

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. *p ≤ 0.05.

Table 3. Effects of a clinical Pilates-based exercise program on psychological and symptom-based outcomes

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. *p ≤ 0.05 TSK: Tampa Scale For Kinesiophobia

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How to Cite This Article

Songul Ozturk, Meltem Kaya. Effects of clinical pilates on physical fitness, premenstrual symptoms, and kinesiophobia: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Clin Anal Med 2026;17(4):390-397. doi:10.4328/ACAM.22851

Publication History

Received:
13.08.2025
Accepted:
15.09.2025
Published Online:
26.09.2025
Printed:
01.04.2026