Collaborative Research and Support of Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center DefenseWomen's Health Research Program Projects; Evaluation of a Structured Physical Fitness Program for Pregnant Soldiers: Effects on Weight Gain, Blood Pressure, Lost Duty Time, Lengt

摘要

The final phase of study was to collate the data from the three sites to compareand analyze each of the six variables. The total number of participants enrolled reached 106 of the 150 anticipated. Many of the participants from the control group never turned in data and several Motherwell program participants stopped attending class after one or two months. After plotting the data available 15 participants in each group had sufficient information to be included in the analysis. Results showed the length of labor for the Motherwell group was 5.78 hours verses 9.2 hours for the control group. On an average the control groups babies weighed more than the Motherwell groups. The diagnostic physical training test taken six weeks postpartum showed the average score for the control group to be 158 points and the Motherwell group scored an average of 155 points. The variance was not very large. Overall the results do support that exercise is beneficial during pregnancy.