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Volume 7, Issue 10 (Suppl)
Gynecol Obstet (Sunnyvale), an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0932
Gynecology 2017
October 02-04, 2017
4
th
International Conference on
Gynecology & Obstetrics
October 02-04, 2017 Barcelona, Spain
Pregnancy blood pressure and exercise - results from a randomized controlled trial
Lene A H Haakstad
Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Norway
A
single blind, single center, randomized controlled trial, including 61 out of 105 women, initially enrolled in a controlled trial
studying the effect of 12 weeks of aerobic exercise on maternal weight gain. The intervention included participation in two 60
minutes aerobic dance classes per week for 12 weeks, in addition to 30 minutes of daily self-imposed physical activity. Primary
outcome was the mean adjusted difference in change in resting systolic and diastolic BP from baseline to after intervention. Secondary
outcome was the mean adjusted difference in change in systolic BP during uphill treadmill walking at critical power. Measurements
were performed prior to the intervention (gestation week 17.6±4.2) and after the intervention (gestation week 36.5±0.9). At baseline,
resting systolic and diastolic BP was 115/66±12/7 and 115/67±10/9 mmHg in the exercise (n=35) and control group (n=26),
respectively. After the intervention, resting systolic BP was 112±8 mmHg in the exercise group and 119±14 mmHg in the control
group, giving a between group difference of 7.1 mmHg (95% CI 1.5 to 12.6, p=0.013). Diastolic BP was 71±9 and 76±8 mmHg,
with a between group difference of 3.9 mmHg (95% CI 0.07 to 7.8, p=0.054). During uphill treadmill walking at critical power, the
between group difference in systolic and diastolic BP was 5.9 mmHg (95% CI 4.4 to 16.1, p=0.254) and 5.5 mmHg (95% CI 0.2 to
11.1, p=0.059), respectively. In conclusion, aerobic exercise reduced resting systolic BP in healthy former inactive pregnant women.
Biography
Lene A H Haakstad is currently working as an Associate Professor and Researcher at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Department of Sports Medicine and
academic Chair in the Division of Fitness. Her main research area is maternal exercise and pregnancy outcomes. In this field, she has published several original
research articles, as well as given oral presentations in national and international sports medicine conferences. She defended her thesis “Physical activity and
weight gain during pregnancy” at NSSS in 2010. She is currently supervising three PhD students.
lahaakstad@nih.noLene A H Haakstad, Gynecol Obstet (Sunnyvale) 2017, 7:10(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932-C1-021