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E u r o S c i C o n E v e n t o n
Nursing Diagnosis &
Midwifery
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
S e p t e m b e r 1 0 - 1 1 , 2 0 1 8
P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c
Nursing Diagnosis & Midwifery 2018
Page 46
Exercise in Pregnancy: Evidences and
Experience
Areerat Suputtitada
Chulalongkorn University & King Chulalongkorn
Memorial Hospital, Thailand
Areerat Suputtitada, J Nurs Health Stud 2018 Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C4-010
Physical exercise is beneficial for women during pregnancy and postpartum
period; it isnot associatedwith risks for thenewbornandcan lead tochanges
in lifestyle that imply long-term benefits. Exercise in pregnancy associated
with higher cardiorespiratory fitness, prevention of urinary incontinence and
low back pain, reduced symptoms of depression, gestational weight gain
control, and for cases of gestational diabetes, reduced number of women
who required insulin. There is no association with reduction in birth weight or
preterm birth rate. The type of exercise shows no difference on results, and
its intensity should be mild or moderate for previous sedentary women and
moderate to high for active women. The exercise recommendations still are
based on the current guidelines on moderate-intensity, low-impact, aerobic
exercise at least three times a week. New guidelines propose increasing weekly
physical-activity expenditure while incorporating vigorous exercise and adding
light strength training to the exercise routine of healthy pregnant women. In
the case of other chronic diseases like hypertension, there are still few data,
and therefore more studies should be performed to assess the safety of the
intervention. My experiences of a multicenter, prospective, quasi-experimental
study comparing the effects and safety of exercises during pregnancy and
postpartum in 539 primigravida from every region of Thailand (i.e., northern,
eastern-north, central and southern part): 307 women in the control group who
did not perform any exercise and 232 women in the experimental group who
performed exercises will be included in this session as well.
Biography
Areerat Suputtitada is Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine,
full time working faculty at Chulalongkorn University and
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
She received 14 national awards, 7 international awards, and
published more than 60 international and 20 national articles
in the areas of her experts including neurological rehabilitation,
spasticity and dystonia, gait and motion, and Pain. She has
also been invited to lecture as the keynote speakers, parallel
and symposium speakers and be chairpersons for over 100
international conferences.