Effect of the Pilates in elderly

INTERVENTION: Control group: 17 elderly women participated in 4 lectures for eight weeks, which included topics that showed the importance of exercise for the elderly population and changes of elderly and the influence of this process in the daily activities, the researchers asked the volunteers not changed the routine during lectures. Experimental group: 14 elderly women, the training consisted of exercises of Pilates Method that was conducted in 16 sessions arranged in eight weeks and the frequency of two sessions per week with duration of the one hour per session. The volunteers were randomly assigned. E02.779 CONDITION: C05.116.900.800.500 G11.427.690 G11.427.695 M01.060.116.100 Postural imbalance, thoracic Kyphosis, Aged ; G11.427.690 ; G11.427.695 ; C05.116.900.800.500 ; M01.060.116.100 PRIMARY OUTCOME: The evaluation of the decrease in thoracic kyphosis of at least 5% before and after the realization of the Pilates method, determined by computerized photogrammetry; improve the evaluation of at least 5% before and after the realization of the balance of the Pilates method measured by the Berg Balance Scale. The study noted that after application of the Pilates Method was effective in decreasing the angle of thoracic kyphosis measured by computerized photogrammetry.; As for the balance of the results assessed by the Berg Balance Scale showed improvement of balance for both groups. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Unrealized INCLUSION CRITERIA: Volunteers of the feminine gender, aged between 60 and 75 years, angle larger than 40º in the curvature of the thoracic spine in the sagittal plane.