Pregnancy
Conditions
Keywords
pregnancy, exercise, gestational diabetes
Brief summary
To assess the effectiveness of an exercise program developed during pregnancy (land/aquatic activities) aerobic and muscular tonification, on control to the prevention to Gestational Diabetes. And to assess if excessive maternal weight gain is an influence in the diagnostic.
Detailed description
A clinical, randomized controlled trial was used. 342 pregnant women without obstetric contraindications accepted informed consent for inclusion in the study. Finally, 257 were studied, 101 in intervention group (IG, n= 101) and 156 in control group (GC, n= 156). A physical exercise program three times per week during pregnancy was developed. The duration of session was 60 minutes and 50 minutes in land and water, respectively.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALExercise group
Combined two land aerobic sessions and one aquatic activities session
Sponsors
Technical University of Madrid
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy pregnant women * At week 8-14 * Adherence 80% (minimum) until the end of pregnancy
Exclusion criteria
* Contraindications appointed by American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) * No adherence
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| prevention gestational diabetes | weeks 24-30 | Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maternal weight gain | weeks 40-42 | Maternal weight gain above guidelines recommendations by Institute of Medicine and National Research Council (IOM) |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Other pregnancy outcomes | After delivery | macrosomia, type of delivery, birth weight |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed