Is Exercise during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period effective for women’s health and well-being?

The Effectiveness of exercise on women's health and well-being during Pregnancy and the Postpartum

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

REBEC

Registry ID

RBR-7ymcmxs

Enrollment

Registered

2026-03-26

Start date

2025-05-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-30

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Conditions

Quality of life

Interventions

This is an experimental, non-randomized clinical trial involving 56 participants. The experimental group consists of pregnant women who exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The control

group assignments. Data will be collected on five occasions: at the start of the study, between weeks 32–36 of pregnancy, 10 days postpartum, 40 days postpartum, and 4 months postpartum, to gather da

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 42 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: healthy volunteers; women who are between 14 and 30 weeks pregnant; who attend a minimum of 20 classes during pregnancy; aged between 18 and 42; vaginal delivery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Caesarean section; abdominal surgery; respiratory conditions, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis; any neurodegenerative disease; systemic diseases, arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis; metabolic diseases, diabetes mellitus; malignant neoplasms

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
It is expected that women will experience improved pelvic floor muscle function following regular exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period, based on the results of electromyography.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
It is expected that there will be an improvement in urinary incontinence in women following regular physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period, as indicated by the results of the UDI-6, IIQ-7, and ICIQ-SF questionnaires.;It is expected that the SF-36 questionnaire (version 2.0) will reveal an improvement in women’s quality of life following regular physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period.;It is expected that the Edinburgh Scale results will show an improvement in postpartum depression among women following regular physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period.;It is expected that women will experience an improvement in lower back and pelvic pain following sustained physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period, as indicated by the results obtained from the Visual Analog Scale and the Oswestry Disability Index.	—

Measure

Time frame

It is expected that there will be an improvement in urinary incontinence in women following regular physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period, as indicated by the results of the UDI-6, IIQ-7, and ICIQ-SF questionnaires.;It is expected that the SF-36 questionnaire (version 2.0) will reveal an improvement in women’s quality of life following regular physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period.;It is expected that the Edinburgh Scale results will show an improvement in postpartum depression among women following regular physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period.;It is expected that women will experience an improvement in lower back and pelvic pain following sustained physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period, as indicated by the results obtained from the Visual Analog Scale and the Oswestry Disability Index.

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Countries

Contacts

Public ContactEsther María Medrano Sánchez

Universidad de Sevilla

emedrano@us.es+34 954486521

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026