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Physical Exercise Controls Gestational Weight Gain

NCT01790347 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2350

Last updated 2013-03-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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..

Conditions

  • Pregnancy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise group

The physical conditioning program included a total of three 50-55 minute sessions per week. Pregnant women started at 9 weeks and finished at 38-39 weeks, therefore, an average of 85 training sessions were planned for each participant. All subjects wore a heart rate (HR) monitor (Polar FT7, Finland) during the training sessions to ensure that the exercise intensity was light to moderate. Each session included 10 min of warm up and 10 min of cool down which included an specific pelvic floor muscles training. The core section of the exercise session lasted from 25 to 30 min and included moderate-intensity aerobic exercises once a week and resistance exercises twice a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Technical University of Madrid

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ruben Barakat, PhD · Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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