Trial reportPsychosomatic medicine2018
Effects of Resistance Training on Fatigue-Related Domains of Quality of Life and Mood During Pregnancy: A Randomized Trial in Pregnant Women With Increased Risk of Back Pain.
Trial report in Psychosomatic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02557893 (Effects of Exercise on Back Pain in Pregnancy), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Exercise on Back Pain in Pregnancy
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of different types of exercise interventions on perinatal depression, anxiety, and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of strength training on quality of life in pregnant women: A systematic review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of different physical activity interventions on perinatal depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of conservative therapy on pain, disability and quality of life for low back pain in pregnancy: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Brazilian journal of physical therapyPooled it
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- Multiple Sclerosis in Women: Impact of Different Life Stages on Treatment Decisions.CNS drugs · 2026Review
- Physical Problems, Fatigue, and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Experienced by Women in the First 48 Hours of Postpartum Period.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Article
- Benefits of Resistance Training During Pregnancy for Maternal and Fetal Health: A Brief Overview.International journal of women's health · 2024Review
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- Physical Activity and Self-Perception of Mental and Physical Quality of Life during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Development of indicators to measure quality of life for pregnant women (QOL-PW).Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Physical activity during pregnancy: a systematic review for the assessment of current evidence with future recommendations.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Quality of Life During Pregnancy from 2011 to 2021: Systematic Review.International journal of women's health · 2022Review
- Symmetry in Paraspinal Muscles as a Predictor of the Development of Pregnancy-Related Low Back and Pelvic Pain: A Prospective Study.Orthopaedic surgery · 2021Article
- Physical Activity Behaviors and Barriers in Multifetal Pregnancy: What to Expect When You're Expecting More.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prenatal Yoga and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized-Control Trial.OBM integrative and complimentary medicine · 2021Article
- The effect of positive psychology intervention on quality of life among women with unintended pregnancy.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- Influence of the Practice of the Pilates Method on Pain Perception During Pregnancy: A Quasiexperimental Study.Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
- Effectiveness of Antenatal Craft Class on Management of Minor Ailments during Pregnancy among Primigravidae at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the study was to test whether the adoption of twice weekly, low-to-moderate intensity resistance training during weeks 22 to 34 of pregnancy can improve quality of life and mood.
methodsA parallel-group trial was conducted. Women in their second trimester (N = 134) were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of wait list, bimonthly pregnancy education classes, or twice weekly low-to-moderate intensity resistance training. Resistance training involved one abdominal exercise with no external load and five exercises (leg extension, leg press, arm lat pull, leg curl, and lumbar extension) with an external load that gradually progressed, and the total active exercise time during each exercise session was approximately 17 minutes. Quality of life and mood were measured before and after the interventions using the 36-item Short Form Health Survey and Profile of Mood States. Intent-to-treat mixed-model analyses of variance (3 groups by 2 times, pre- and postintervention) tested the hypothesis that outcomes would worsen for the controls and not change or improve for the resistance training group.
resultsThe group by time interaction (F(2,131) = 3.144, η = .046, p = .046) for 36-item Short Form Health Survey vitality and subsequent simple main effects showed that scores were unchanged across time after resistance training (-1.8 (14.8)) but significantly decreased for the education (-6.44 (12.69), t = 3.408, df = 44, p = .001) and wait list (-9.11 (14.78), t = 4.135, df = 44, p < .001) groups, whereas posttest vitality scores for the pregnancy group (45.9 (16.9)) were significantly higher than the wait list (40.1 (16.3), t = 1.989, df = 87, p = .05) but not the education group (42.1 (15.4), p = .27). Profile of mood states fatigue scores showed a similar pattern.
conclusionsAdverse changes in symptoms of energy and fatigue during pregnancy are attenuated by adopting low-to-moderate intensity resistance training. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov, NCT02557893.
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