Cardiovascular effects of exercise training in pregnant people with a high body mass index: secondary results from a randomised controlled trial (ETIP).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to determine the effectiveness of exercise training during pregnancy on peak oxygen uptake (V̇O₂peak), cardiac function and flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery throughout pregnancy and post partum in individuals with a prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) ≥28 kg/m².

Trial design

Parallel-group randomised controlled trial (RCT).

Methods

The exercise group in the Exercise Training in Pregnancy (ETIP) RCT was offered 3 weekly supervised exercise sessions comprising 35 min of moderate-intensity treadmill walking followed by 25 min of strength exercises. The intervention started in gestational weeks 12-18 and continued throughout pregnancy. We measured V̇O₂peak and FMD at baseline, in gestational weeks 34

SUBMITTER: Moholdt T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603832 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature