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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
257
Combined two land aerobic sessions and one aquatic activities session
Technical University of Madrid
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
prevention gestational diabetes
Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)
Time frame: weeks 24-30
Maternal weight gain
Maternal weight gain above guidelines recommendations by Institute of Medicine and National Research Council (IOM)
Time frame: weeks 40-42
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