Effects of Exercise During Gestation on Maternal and Foetal Health

Plain-language summary

This study evaluated the effects of exercise during pregnancy on the health of the mother and baby by comparing an exercise program with a control group. It enrolled overweight pregnant women with a normal pregnancy course. It was conducted as a non-phase study and has been completed.

The summary above is a plain-language rendering of the official record. The original English title is shown for reference.

Trial details

Phase

Not Applicable

Status

Completed

Sponsor

Universidad de Granada

Intervention

Exercise intervention, Control group

Start date

10/1/2015

Estimated completion

7/1/2018

Countries

Spain

Related genes

Locations

• Granada, Spain

Eligibility criteria

Criteria are reproduced from the ClinicalTrials.gov record in the original English. Only the trial team can determine eligibility.

Inclusion criteria:

* Overweight pregnant woman with a normal pregnancy course.
* Answer "no" to all questions on the PARmed-X for pregnancy\*.
* To be able to walk without assistance.
* To be able to read and write enough.
* Informed consent: To be capable and willing to provide consent. \*In addition, specific inclusion criteria for data analysis are: gestational age at delivery of 37-42 weeks with single foetus, spontaneous vaginal delivery or instrumental vaginal and caesarean without maternofoetal pathology (or other indication that does not involve maternofoetal risk, such as disproportion, failed induction, no foetal progression or non-cephalic presentation), newborn with appropriate weight, Apgar score\>7 in the 1st and 5th minute of life, cord blood pH (normal\>7.20) and normal monitoring results.

Exclusion criteria:

* Acute or terminal illness.
* Malnutrition.
* Inability to conduct tests for assessing physical fitness or exercise during pregnancy.
* Underweight, normal-weight or obesity.
* Pregnancy risk factors (such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, etc.).
* Multiple pregnancies.
* Chromosopathy or foetal malformations.
* Uterine growth restriction.
* Foetal death.
* Upper or lower extremity fracture in the past 3 months.
* Presence of neuromuscular disease or drugs affecting neuromuscular function
* Be registered in other exercise program
* Perform more than 300 minutes of at least moderate physical activity per week
* Unwillingness to either complete the study requirements or to be randomised into control or intervention group.