NCT01790347

Physical Exercise Controls Gestational Weight Gain

The Role of a Supervised Physical Exercise Program as a Alternative on the Control of Maternal Gestational Weight Gain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,350 (actual)
• Sponsor: Technical University of Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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..

Detailed description

The aim of this study was to assess the role of a supervised exercise programme on the control of maternal gestational weight gain and its consequences.

Conditions

• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2013-02-13
• Last updated: 2013-03-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain