NCT02460185

Role of Maternal Physical Exercise on Spontaneous Labor Onset

The Role of Maternal Physical Exercise on Spontaneous Labor Onset - A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Evaluate the effects of the practice of maternal physical exercise on the term of pregnancy as a method to enhance spontaneous labor.

Detailed description

At 38 weeks low-risk pregnant women, with singleton cephalic fetus and without previous cesarean delivery, were randomized into 2 groups: a control group without maternal physical exercise practice and a study group with 30 minutes of walking, 3 times a week at 4 Km/h. Induction of labor was performed at 41 weeks

Conditions

• Pregnancy
• Labour Onset and Length Abnormalities

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Study group: Maternal Physical Exercise	Exercise: 30 minutes of walking, 3 times a week at 4 Km/h.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-06-02
• Last updated: 2016-10-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal