Analysis of the Effectiveness of Aquatic Exercise on the Static and Dynamic Balance in Pregnant Women

Analysis of the Effectiveness of Aquatic Exercise on the Static and Dynamic Balance in Pregnant Women

Research about the balance in pregnant women who perform water exercise and those who do not engage in any type of sporting activity. The initial objectives are to know if there is an improvement in the balance in women who perform aquatic exercise reviewed at the end of pregnancy versus those who do not, through the use of a podiatric platform. This experimental randomized controlled study (RCT) will be carried out in sports centers and / or public or private municipal swimming pools in the south of Galicia The recruitment of passive pregnant women (control group) will be carried out in the health center of Pontevedra Virxe da Peregrina in the first visit to the midwife in the 10th and 12th week of gestation, while the recruitment of the active pregnant women (group experimental 1 and experimental group 2) in the teaching centers of the aquatic exercise sessions in the same weeks of gestation. The women of the three groups will have a low-risk normoevolutive pregnancy and will be studied in the first and third trimesters. The instruments that will be used to obtain data will be through an initial questionnaire, a platform and study of stability through the center of gravity and base of podiatric support. The plan for analyzing the data will be done through SPSS 17.0.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The criteria for inclusion of the sample are: 1. Women aged between 20 and 35 years since before 20 years and after 35 years it is associated with a greater maternal and perinatal risk.2. The intensity of the physical workload must be moderate to very light . 3. The gestational age (EG) in which they are captured must be delimited between 10 and 12 weeks of gestation (SG) without any obstetric risk or associated pathology, primiparous or multiparous.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion and withdrawal criteria. The exclusion criteria will be: 1. Present any type of absolute / relative obstetric contraindication. 2. Not to have notions of swimming. 3. Multiple pregnancies. 4. Pregnant women with cognitive / physical disability. 5. Present some diagnosed pathology that alters the normal balance as neurological, traumatological or podiatric diseases.

The appearance of any warning signs / symptoms such as vaginal bleeding, feeling light-headed or faint, difficulty breathing before doing exercise, chest pain, headache, muscle weakness, pain or swelling in the calves, Regular and painful contractions in the uterus and drip of fluid through the vagina, will imply the abandonment of the physical exercise program that was developing.