Exercise During Pregnancy and Urinary Incontinence

Effect of Physical Exercise Program During Pregnancy on Urinary Incontinence

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03997045

Enrollment

Registered

2019-06-25

Start date

2019-03-01

Completion date

2020-07-30

Last updated

2019-06-25

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Conditions

Healthy, Pregnancy

Keywords

Pregnancy, Physical exercise, Urinary incontinence

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of a supervised physical exercise program during pregnancy on urinary incontinence.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSupervised physical exercise program

Supervised physical conditioning program of two 60-minutes sessions per week during pregnancy, developed from gestational week 20 to 38. Each session consists of 25-30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise,15 minutes of strengthening exercises, 5 minutes of coordination and balance exercises and 10 minutes of pelvic floor muscles training.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy pregnant women

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Urinary incontinence	Gestational week 36-38	Urinary incontinence was measured by the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short-Form (ICIQ-SF).

Countries

Spain

Contacts

Primary ContactMarina Vargas Terrones, PhD

m.vargas.terrones@gmail.com+34 91 336 41 20

Backup ContactRuben Barakat Carballo, PhD

rubenomar.barakat@upm.es+34 91 336 41 20

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026