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Promoting Stretching Exercise to Reduce Cardiovascular Health Risk in Late Pregnant Women With Obesity

NCT04291560 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 224

Last updated 2025-11-19

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Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether a stretching intervention is superior to a usual care control condition (moderate/vigorous activity 30 minutes daily, 5 days per week) for pregnant women from 27 to 37 gestational weeks.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Related
  • Cardiovascular Risk Factor
  • Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Stretching Exercise Intervention

Sequential static stretching of the large skeletal muscle group 5 days per week. Each skeletal group is stretched for 20 seconds for 3 repetitions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • SeonAe Yeo, PhD, FAAN · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-10-23
Completion
2024-12-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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