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Effects of Exercise During Pregnancy on Maternal and Child Health: a Randomized Clinical Trial

NCT02148965 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 639

Last updated 2021-09-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Pamela Study is a clinical trial carried out during pregnancy to assess the potential effects of physical activity during pregnancy among previously inactive women. The trial is nested into a birth cohort of more than 4000 dyads (mother-child) and took place in Pelotas, Brazil.

Conditions

  • Gestational Hypertension
  • Prematurity
  • Maternal Post-partum Depression
  • Maternal Post-partum Weight Retention
  • Child's Development

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Exercise / Physical Activity

Lifestyle intervention Exercise intervention, three weekly sessions. Each session will last around 60 minutes and will include aerobic exercises (treadmill or stationary cycling) and strength training (with focus on major muscle groups and pregnancy-specific exercises to help alleviate low back pain and work abdominal and pelvic floor muscles to prevent urinary incontinence).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Pelotas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • PEDRO C HALLAL, PhD · Federal University of Pelotas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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