Perez-de-la-Cruz, S.Puentes-Fernandez, S.Rocamora-Perez, P.Lozano-Fernandez, J. M.2023-02-122023-02-122017-12-011577-0354http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19403Aim: to test the effectiveness of the Romana's Pilates method to obtain increased flexibility, improvements in mobility, and reduced pain in daily life.Methodology: a clinical trial with intention-to-treat thirty patients with nonspecific low back pain. Participants attended 15 sessions, twice a week. The Romana's Pilates method was taught by an external physiotherapist. Parameters such as pain, the Schober test, and the SRS-22 were evaluated.Results: Statistically significant differences in pain (VAS), the Schober test (flexibility in sagittal plane), lateral flexion (flexibility in frontal plane) and several items of the SRS-22 scale were found, with penAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Pilatesflexibilitylow back painquality of lifepainRandomized controlled-trialBody-compositionAdult womenExerciseFlexibilityresearch articleopen access10.15366/rimcafd2017.68.006https://revistas.uam.es/rimcafd/article/download/9094/9352418427600006