FRI0636-HPR Effects of Clinical Pilates Exercises Combined with Dancetherapy on Mood in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

BackgroundClinical pilates exercises are described as mind-body exercise models which are also recommended on treatment of rheumatic diseases (1, 2). Since dancetherapy has positive effects on mood, it has been preferred in the rehabilitation of the chronic diseases in recent years (3,4). However, clinical pilates exercises combined with dancetherapy in rheumatic patients is not found in the literature.ObjectivesTo investigate the effects of clinical pilates exercise combined with dancetherapy on mood in rheumatic patients.Methods20 rheumatic patients aged 42.00±12.00 years were participated in this study. Mood status of the patients were assessed by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Patients performed supervised clinical pilates exercises in a period of one hour, 3 times a week for 10 weeks. Dancetherapy was added to only 12 of patients' program once a week, one hour, for 10 weeks.ResultsAll scores improved in all patients' for the post-exercise assessments relevant to the pre-exercise assessments. However, statistically significant improvement were observed only in MSPSS scores for the patients participated to the dancetherapy sessions (p