Effect of Pilates exercises with celery seed on antinuclear antibody levels in middle-aged women

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Pilates training with celery seed supplementation on middle-aged women with rheumatoid arthritis to determine its effecting on the Antinuclear Antibodies levels (ANA) rheumatoid arthritis patients. Forty women with rheumatoid arthritis with mean age (53.80 ± 3.71) were randomly divided into four groups: control group, supplement group, exercise group and exercise group with celery seed consumption and each group with 10 replicates (N = 10). The exercise and exercise groups performed celery seed training for 8 weeks and 3 sessions per week for (30-60) minutes at an intensity of (35-65%) of maximum heart rate؛ and supplementation group supplemented with celery seed supplement 3 times daily after meal; and after eight weeks of exercise Blood samples were taken 24 hours before the study and 48 hours after the last training session. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Celery seed supplementation and Pilates training had no significant decrease on rheumatoid arthritis. The results of the present study showed that eight weeks of Pilates training with celery seed supplement led to decline (ANA) in middle-aged women with rheumatoid arthritis.