Comparison of musculoskeletal system complaints in people WHO do yoga and pilates

This study aims to compare the musculoskeletal problems in people interested in yoga and pilates sports, to question whether trainer or physiotherapist creates a difference to regarding the musculoskeletal complaints in the sporters, and to compare musculoskeletal problems among groups of volunteers engaged in yoga, pilates and sedentary living. Randomly selected 162 volunteer participants, aged 18-50 years doing yoga, pilates and sedentary living were included in the study. 118 of the participants were female and 44 were male (mean age was 32.28 ± 7.06year). 54 people who do yoga (mean age 34.52±6.69), 54 people who do pilates (mean age 30.56±5.46) and 54 people who live sedentary (mean age 32.28±7.06 ) participated in the study. The sociodemographic features of the volunteer participants were asked, and Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was applied. In the result of our study, no statistically significant difference (p> 0.05) was observed between the distribution of the complaints in the neck, shoulder, back, elbow, hand/wrist, waist, hip/thigh and foot/wrist area of the participants in all three groups. The complaints in the knee area of the yoga group were statistically higher (p <0.05) than in the pilates and sedentary life groups. Furthermore, the area where the participants in the sedentary life and yoga groups experienced problems the most was the waist, while the area where the participants in the pilates group experienced problems the most was the neck. When the results of the survey are examined, it is seen that people who practice yoga or pilates have fewer complaints of musculoskeletal system than those who experience sedentary life. The problem in the neck and knee regions of the participants who do pilates with the physiotherapist was statistically lower (p <0.05) than the participants who do pilates with the trainer. In addition, the problem in the neck area of the participants who do yoga with the physiotherapist was statistically lower (p <0.05) than the participants who do yoga with the trainer.