Clinical trial
Effect of Strength-resistance Exercise in the Reduction of Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant Women with Overweight or Obesity
Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT05840497
What this study is about
The aim of this trial is to test the efficacy of regular resistance exercise in early pregnancy to prevent gestational diabetes mellitus in overweight/ obese pregnant women.
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
Resistance exercise
The intervention group will train 3 times per week (30 minutes with 15 min warm-up). The resistance exercise is described as the voluntary contraction of the skeletal muscle of a particular muscle group against some type of resistance, using light weights, elastic bands or the weight of the body itself. Patients will be offered online sessions, they will receive a document with recommendations and a link to the videos with instructions. .
Primary outcomes
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy: * O'Sullivan Test: if this is pathological; * SOG with 100 gr of glucose (GDM is diagnosed when 2 or more altered values: basal glycemia \>105 mg / dl, at 1 hour \>190 mg / dl, at 2h glycemia \>165 mg / dl, at 3h glycemia \>145 gr/dl).