Promoting Stretching Exercise to Reduce Cardiovascular Health Risk in Late Pregnant Women With Obesity

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study ID
NCT04291560
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factor
  • Obesity
  • Pregnancy Related

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Stretching Exercise Intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    Sequential static stretching of the large skeletal muscle group 5 days per week. Each skeletal group is stretched for 20 seconds for 3 repetitions.

Study Details

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether a stretching intervention is superior to a usual care control condition (moderate/vigorous activity 30 minutes daily, 5 days per week) for pregnant women from 27 to 37 gestational weeks.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 1, 2020
Status verified
Jan 2025
Primary completion
Oct 23, 2024
Completion
Dec 20, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
224 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Prenatal Heart Smart Intervention
    This group will have usual care completed and supportive calls from a facilitator to discuss adherence to the home exercise. In addition, the group will complete a sequential static stretching exercise 5 days per week for 10 weeks. The stretching exercise consists of 20 seconds of stretching, for 3 repetitions per muscle group.
  • No Intervention: Usual Care (Control)
    This group will have usual care completed and supportive calls from a facilitator to discuss adherence to the home exercise. In addition, this group will complete moderate-intensity walking 5 days per week for 10 weeks in accordance to usual care.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Systolic Blood Pressure From Baseline (27 Gestational Weeks) to 32 Gestational Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline (approximately 27 gestational weeks) to approximately 5 weeks after baseline (approximately 32 gestational weeks) ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina27599-

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