Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Regular Exercise in Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy
Lead Sponsor:
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Conditions:
Pregnancy
Excessive Weight Gain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-60 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Background: Use of variable definitions of exercise and disparate results, emphasize the need of proper randomized controlled trials examining the relationship between physical activity and weight de...
Detailed Description
Background: Data from population-based surveys and longitudinal observational studies generally support that inactive men and women have higher body weight and BMI than physically active adults (US D...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primiparous women who have not participated in a structured exercise program, including significant amounts of walking for the past six months are eligible for the trial.
- Other inclusion criteria are ability to read, write and speak Norwegian, and to be within their first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Exclusion
- Severe heart disease
- Pregnancy induced hypertension
- History of more than two miscarriages
- Persistent bleeding after week 12 of gestation
- Poorly controlled thyroid disease
- Poorly controlled pre-eclampsia and/or other diseases that could interfere with participation (Artal and O'Toole, 2003)
- In addition, all women who live to far from the university to be able to attend weekly training groups will be ineligible
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
105 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00617149
Start Date
November 1 2007
End Date
November 1 2008
Last Update
September 18 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Norwegian School of Sport Science
Oslo, Norway, 0806