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Effects of Regular Exercise During Pregnancy

NCT00476567 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 855

Last updated 2020-10-05

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Summary

There is a great lack of results from randomized clinical trials with high methodological quality, assessing the effects of exercise during pregnancy. The main aims of this trial is to study the effects of exercise during pregnancy in the prevention and treatment of disease and complications which may arise during pregnancy:

* Does regular exercise during pregnancy aid in preventing gestational diabetes?
* Does regular exercise during pregnancy prevent low back and/or pelvic girdle pain?
* Does regular exercise during pregnancy prevent urine and/or fecal incontinence?
* Does regular exercise during pregnancy have an effect on labour and delivery?
* Does regular exercise during pregnancy prevent maternal excessive weight gain and fetal macrosomatia?

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Complications

Interventions

OTHER

standard

standard antenatal care

BEHAVIORAL

specific training program

a specific training program 12 weeks between pregnancy week 20 and 36. regular exercise 45-60 minutes minimum three times per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Siv Mørkved, PhD · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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