Blood Oxygenation and Exercises in Pregnant Women

NCT04077931 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: CairoU7
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To investigate the blood oxygenation response to aerobic and breathing exercises in pregnant women. Participants and methods: A total of forty pregnant women participated in the study who were at the beginning of 3rd trimester. Their ages ranged from 25 to 30 years and their body mass index (BMI) was less than 30 kg/m2. They were assigned into two groups (A) performed aerobic exercises in a form of walking for 20-30 min. on treadmill at 60-75% of the target heart rate (THR) of each women, 3 times per week in addition to deep breathing exercises in form of diaphragmatic and lateral costal breathing, group (B) who performed deep breathing exercises only in form of diaphragmatic and lateral costal breathing. The program continued for 3 months, 3 times per week. The oxygen saturation (SaO2) was measured twice time firstly, at the beginning of 3rd trimester of pregnancy then after 3 months that at 24, 36 gestation weeks.

Conditions

Aerobic and Breathing Exercises in Pregnant Women

Keywords

Aerobic; Exercises; Blood Oxygenation; Pregnancy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pulse oxymeter

  It was used to measure oxygen saturation (SaO2) on the right index of each individual. Each individual sit quietly for about 5 minutes before the measurement and sit silently during the measurement.

  12 weeks.

Study Arms (2)

Aerobic exercises

EXPERIMENTAL

She asked to start walking with the speed of the machine was adjusted at 0.8 km/hour, so her resting pulse rate increases, then we increased the speed by 0.2 km/hour gradually every 2 minute (to give a time for adjustment of heart rate) till reaching our target heart rate (not less than 60% and not more than 75% of target heart rate). So the intensity of exercises can be increase or decrease only by changing the speed of treadmill according to target heart rate \[13\]

Other: exercises

Deep breathing exercises

EXPERIMENTAL

Technique of breathing exercises: Regular aerobic exercises in a form breathing exercises included duration of 30 min. at 40-70% VO2 max. performed 2-3 per week. Each woman practiced deep breathing exercises 30 min. in the of form (diaphragmatic breathing exercises, 15 min. and lateral costal breathing exercises 15 min.) 3 times per week for 12 weeks.

Other: exercises

Interventions

exercises OTHER

Walking on treadmill with fixed 0% grade inclination

Aerobic exercises; Deep breathing exercises

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• their ages were ranged from 25 to 30 years
• body mass index (BMI) were less than 30 kg/m2

You may not qualify if:

• Participant who had pulmonary diseases
• cardiovascular diseases
• psychiatric disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead
• Hany Farid Eid Morsy Elsisi: collaborator
• yasser anees: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of physical therapy- Cairo University

Giza, Dokki, 12613, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• ghada eb elrefaye, professor

  Faculty of Physical therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The women were randomly assigned to the treatment group(A) (n=25) or the control group (B) (n=25) by an independent person who selected numbers from sealed envelopes that containing numbers chosen by a random number generator.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant professor Department of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical therapy, Cairo University, Egypt

Model Details: To investigate the blood oxygenation response to aerobic and breathing exercises in pregnant women. Participants and methods: A total of forty pregnant women participated in the study who were at the beginning of 3rd trimester. Their ages ranged from 25 to 30 years and their body mass index (BMI) was less than 30 kg/m2. They were assigned into two groups (A) performed aerobic exercises in a form of walking for 20-30 min. on treadmill at 60-75% of the target heart rate (THR) of each women, 3 times per week in addition to deep breathing exercises in form of diaphragmatic and lateral costal breathing, group (B) who performed deep breathing exercises only in form of diaphragmatic and lateral costal breathing. The program continued for 3 months, 3 times per week. The oxygen saturation (SaO2) was measured twice time firstly, at the beginning of 3rd trimester of pregnancy then after 3 months that at 24, 36 gestation weeks.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 31, 2019
• First Posted: September 4, 2019
• Study Start: January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2019
• Study Completion: August 1, 2019
• Last Updated: September 9, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: 3 months
• Access Criteria: 3 months

Locations

EG (1)