title: Bed-rest exercise, activity restriction, and high-risk pregnancies: a feasibility study.
abstract: This feasibility study investigated the response of maternal heart rate, blood pressure, and uterine contractions to a 30-min bed-rest exercise session (while listening to music) in hospitalized women with varying diagnoses of high-risk pregnancy. Eleven antenatal women who were hospitalized for activity restriction were assigned randomly to either a bed-rest exercise and music group (n = 6) or a bed-rest and music group (n = 5) that involved no exercise. The key findings were that there were no changes in maternal blood pressure or in the number of uterine contractions following the exercise intervention. A supervised bed-rest exercise intervention may, therefore, provide minimal risks and help alleviate the physiological effects of hospital activity restriction.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. chantale.brun@umoncton.ca
authors.forename: Chantale R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: J Kevin
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bocking
authors.forename: Jo-Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: Michelle F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mottola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001510:Bed Rest / Q000379:methods*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009146:Music; D009864:Ontario; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk / Q000502:physiology*; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000502:physiology