Table 4 Stabilometric results of elderly women before and after (within-group comparison) Pilates and PNF training or usual activity

Control

 TDO

701.5 ± 259.8

853.9 ± 432.7

0.129^t

 ACPap

11.1 ± 4.4

13.7 ± 6.6

0.063^t

 ACPml

8.6 ± 3.8

9.2 ± 4.8

0.660^t

 AREA

62.6 ± 36.3

102.6 ± 100.6

0.660^t

 AAS

17.2 ± 7.0

21.5 ± 12.1

0.086^t

 MAS

12.9 ± 5.7

14.6 ± 8.0

0.446^t

 TAS

23.5 ± 8.7

28.5 ± 14.4

0.129^t

PNF

 TDO

820.6 ± 367.0

654.6 ± 350.6

0.019^w

 ACPap

11.7 ± 4.7

10.7 ± 4.1

0.601^t

 ACPml

11.5 ± 8.2

7.3 ± 5.4

0.001^w

 AREA

97.5 ± 57.5

60.3 ± 98.3

0.003^w

 AAS

18.8 ± 8.6

17.2 ± 7.6

0.654^w

 MAS

16.2 ± 9.2

10.1 ± 8.0

<0.001^w

 TAS

27.4 ± 12.2

16.4 ± 11.7

0.019^w

Pilates

 TODO

629.5 ± 213.6

594.6 ± 235.4

0.510^t

 ACPap

8.9 ± 3.3

9.3 ± 2.5

0.601^w

 ACPml

9.4 ± 5.4

7.0 ± 2.7

0.117^w

 AREA

55.8 ± 37.6

44.1 ± 32.1

0.191^t

 AAS

14.4 ± 4.6

15.0 ± 6.5

0.701^t

 MAS

12.3 ± 6.2

10.2 ± 4.8

0.072^t

 TAS

21.0 ± 7.1

19.8 ± 7.8

0.510^t