Pregnant Women
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 33 parturients performed exercises on the Swiss ball in 20 minute cycles with the same rest period, being evaluated after two hours (3 exercise cycles and 3 rest cycles). For four
Procedure/surgery
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
12 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Be primiparous, meaning that is giving birth for the first time and who choose natural labour (vaginal route), which will be allocated in an experimental or control group according to randomization; Be secundiparous, meaning that is giving birth for the second time vaginally, having their first birth being vaginal also, to be allocated in an experimental or control group according to randomization; Being in the active phase of labour, meaning two to three efficient uterine contractions in the minutes and cervical dilatation of 4 cm; Bag of waters with integrity; Gestational age between 37 to 41 weeks and six days, calculated by last menstrual period and / or the result of early ultrasound (up to 20 weeks); Gestation with a single fetus alive in cephalic presentation. Fetal position will not be initially evaluated in this study, therefore, at the 4 cm of dilation is not possible to determine if the fetus is flexed or deflected.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: It will be excluded women that present: caesarean section indication at admission; clinical or obstetric complications to justify performing the caesarean section; parturient with fetal without vitality; women that in vaginal touch, during the subsequent evaluations, deflected fetal position; Use of uterotonic drugs; use of analgesia during labour and referral to another hospital.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Acceleration of the active phase of labor in primiparous women using the Swiss ball as a non-pharmacological method | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Acceleration in cervical dilatation, fetal descent, erasure and uterine contractions in primiparous women who used the Swiss ball. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactDannyelly;Regina Silva;Verissimo
Universidade Federal de Alagoas;Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Outcome results
None listed