Effects of Exercise During Pregnancy on Maternal and Child Health: a Randomized Clinical Trial (PAMELA)
Gestational Hypertension, Prematurity, Maternal Post-partum Depression
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Gestational Hypertension focused on measuring motor activity, clinical trials, pregnancy, hypertension, cohort studies
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women who are at least in their 20th week of gestation, living in the city of Pelotas (Brazil), whose deliveries are due to 2015 and belonging to the 2015 Birth Cohort.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Preterm birth history
- Miscarriage history
- Heart disease
- In vitro fertilization
- Twin pregnancy
- Persistent bleeding
- Body mass index above 35kg/m2
- Heavy smokers (above 20 cigarettes/day)
- Active women (>150 min/week of physical activity).
Sites / Locations
- Physical Education School
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Lifestyle intervention
Control Group
Physical Exercise / Physical Activity. Exercise intervention, three weekly sessions. Each session will last around 60 minutes and will include aerobic exercises (treadmill or stationary cycling) and strength training (with focus on major muscle groups and pregnancy-specific exercises to help alleviate low back pain and work abdominal and pelvic floor muscles to prevent urinary incontinence).
A group of eligible women, twice as large as the intervention group, will not receive the exercise intervention but will be followed-up equally to compare outcomes in the future.