Role of Maternal Physical Exercise on Spontaneous Labor Onset

Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte120 enrolled

Overview

Evaluate the effects of the practice of maternal physical exercise on the term of pregnancy as a method to enhance spontaneous labor.

At 38 weeks low-risk pregnant women, with singleton cephalic fetus and without previous cesarean delivery, were randomized into 2 groups: a control group without maternal physical exercise practice and a study group with 30 minutes of walking, 3 times a week at 4 Km/h. Induction of labor was performed at 41 weeks

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Pregnancy Labour Onset and Length Abnormalities

Interventions

Study group: Maternal Physical ExerciseBEHAVIORAL

Exercise: 30 minutes of walking, 3 times a week at 4 Km/h.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 16 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * 38 weeks low-risk pregnant women * singleton cephalic fetus * without previous cesarean delivery Exclusion Criteria: * pathological pregnancy * twin pregnancy * previous cesarean section

Locations (1)

Departamento de Obstetricia, Ginecologia e Medicina da Reprodução

Lisbon, Portugal

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of labor induction

Rate of labor induction will be analysed

Time frame: 41 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Gestational age on spontaneous labor onset

Gestational age will be analysed on spontaneous labor onset

Time frame: 5 week

Active stage duration

Time frame: 1 day

Cesarean section rate

Time frame: 1 day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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