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Early Prevention of Childhood Obesity: an Active Pregnancy

NCT02109588 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1100

Last updated 2014-11-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main aim of this study was to examine the effect of a supervised physical exercise program on the prevention of childhood obesity and its impact on the motor development of the offspring.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A supervised physical exercise program

Supervised physical conditioning program of three 55-60 minute sessions per week during whole pregnancy (from week 9 to 38). Each session consists of 25-30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise,10 minutes of specific exercises (strength and balance exercises), and 10 minutes of pelvic floor muscles training Aerobic activity was prescribed at light to moderate intensity, aiming for 55-60% of heart rate reserve. All subjects wore a heart rate (HR) monitor (Polar FT7) during the training sessions to ensure that exercise intensity was light to moderate

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Technical University of Madrid

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rubén Barakat, PhD · Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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