Effect During Pregnancy and Intrapartum Health

Technical University of Madrid

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise pregnant women

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03348332

Intrapartum assessment

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessing the role of moderate exercise in newborn intrapartum variables have showed to be crucial not only on prescribing exercise safely, but also on understanding its impact on the prevention of some cardio-metabolic diseases after labor. Clarify this concept will be essential on reducing human risk for some chronic diseases through implementing supervised exercise programs during such a critical period.

Full description

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effect of combined exercise (aerobic and strength exercise) on maternal and newborn intrapartum variables.

Enrollment: 530 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being healthy and able to exercise following American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) guidelines.
• Being able to communicate in spanish
• Giving birth at Hospital Universitario de Puerta de Hierro (Majadahonda); Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa (Leganés).

Exclusion criteria

• Multiparity
• Obstetrician complications
• Being interested in the study after 18 weeks
• Not being regular in physical exercise program
• Younger than 18 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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530 participants in 2 patient groups

Sedentary pregnant women

No Intervention group

Description:

Pregnant women who do not exercise regularly during pregnancy

Exercise pregnant women

Experimental group

Description:

Pregnant women who participate in a supervised exercise program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise pregnant women