Physical Exercise Controls Gestational Weight Gain

Technical University of Madrid

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01790347

Gestational weight gain

Details and patient eligibility

About

An estimated two-thirds to three- quarters of women experience gestational weight gain outside of IOM's 2009 recommendations: 40-60% of women experiencing excessive gain and 15-30% inadequate gain. Not gaining the adequate weight gain is strongly associated with several maternal and fetal complications..

Full description

The aim of this study was to assess the role of a supervised exercise programme on the control of maternal gestational weight gain and its consequences.

Enrollment: 2,350 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

Exclusion criteria

• 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: None (Open label)

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2,350 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise group

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Sedentary pregnant women