Effects of Nordic Walking on Prenatal Health: A Focus on Gait Kinematics, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Quality of Life. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 55
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Spatial gait parameters
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to evaluate the effects of Nordic walking (NW) on gait kinematics, musculoskeletal pain, and quality of life in pregnant women.
详细描述
Healthy pregnant women (N=50), aged 20-40 years and between 13 and 28 weeks of gestation, experiencing mild to moderate musculoskeletal pain, will be recruited. Participants will be randomized into either an intervention group (NW training) or a control group receiving standard prenatal care. The intervention group will undergo a 4-week learning phase followed by an 8-week NW program (3 sessions per week, 45 minutes per session), led by a certified instructor. Outcome measures will be assessed at baseline, after 4 weeks, and post-intervention (8 weeks), including spatiotemporal gait parameters (will be assessed using the GAITRite system), musculoskeletal pain (will be measured via Visual Analog Scale, VAS), and quality of life (will be measured using the SF-36 Health Survey).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy women aged 20 to 40 between 13 and 28 weeks into singleton pregnancy.
- •Participants must be experiencing mild to moderate musculoskeletal discomfort, such as lower back or pelvic pain,
- •Participants have no prior musculoskeletal or neurological diseases.
- •They must have no contraindications to exercising throughout pregnancy, as established by obstetrician clearance, and be able to engage in moderate physical activity under medical recommendations
排除标准
- •History of diseases affecting bony structures or lumbar intervertebral discs.
- •Pain caused by non-musculoskeletal factors (such as urinary tract infections or obstetric complications).
- •Multiple pregnancies, pre-existing mobility conditions, and high-risk pregnancies or complications that restrict physical activity.
研究组 & 干预措施
Control Group
This group will receive a standard prenatal care, which included routine obstetric check-ups and general advice on physical activity
Intervention group
It will be receiving Nordic walking training
干预措施: Prenatal Nordic Walking (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Spatial gait parameters
时间窗: 20 minutes
A GAITRite system will be used to assess the spatial parameters of gait
Temporal parameters of gait
时间窗: 20 minutes
A GAITRite system will be used to assess the temporal parameters of gait
次要结局
- Quality of life(10 minutes)
- Visual Analog Score for musculoskeletal pain(5 minutes)
研究者
Wafaa Mahmoud Amin
Lecturer
University of Jazan