Clinical trial NCT06673147: Effects of Nordic Walking on Prenatal Health
Official title: Effects of Nordic Walking on Prenatal Health: a Focus on Gait Kinematics, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Quality of Life. a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Prenatal Care
Walking
Keywords: Prenatal health Nordic walking
pregnancy
musculoskeletal pain
gait parameters
quality of life
Lead sponsor: University of Jazan
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2024-11-04
Enrollment: 50
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Out of 50 pregnant women who will be screened for their eligibility criteria, The participants will be randomized to either intervention group (Nordic Walking) or control group (standard prenatal care).
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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

Exclusion Criteria:

* 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Spatial gait parameters
timeFrame: 20 minutes
measure: Temporal parameters of gait
timeFrame: 20 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analog Score for musculoskeletal pain
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: 10 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Riyadh
country: Saudi Arabia
facility: Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
state: Alkharj
Study officials:
affiliation: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
name: Nadia L Radwan, PHD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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