PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND DAILY STEPS IN BRAZILIAN PREGNANT WOMEN’S SAMPLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paula Costa Teixeira

 

1 (A,B,C,D,E,F,), Melanie Poudevigne2 (D,E,F), Sandra Marcela Mahecha Matsudo1 (A,C,D,G), Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo

1 (A,C,D,G)

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Physical Fitness Research Laboratory of Sao Caetano do Sul - CELAFISCS, Sao Paulo, Brazil2

Clayton State University, Department of Natural Sciences, Health & Fitness Management, Morrow, GA, USA

Abstract

Purpose:

 

 

to analyze the physical activity (PA) level of pregnant women (PW) according to their gestational trimester and to evaluate multiple measurements of PA.

Methods:

 

 

122 PW, 26.5 ± 5.5 years old, and between the 4th and 37th week of pregnancy participated. PA was evaluated by levels of frequency and intensity, duration of walking, and moderate and vigorous PA; and based on the calculation in METs, determined by IPAQ and a pedometer. Data analysis was done by the Kruskall-Wallis, significance level of P <.05.

Results:

 

 

a significant decrease was found in the duration of moderate PA in the second-trimester group when compared to the duration of the first and the third trimester groups. There were no differences in walking (4.8 days/week) and moderate PA frequency (3.1 days/week) on average across trimesters. When considering the weekly number of steps, PW had in the first trimester taken an average of 10,789.0 ± 5,676.8 steps, in the second trimester 6,812.1 ± 4,092.4 steps, and in the third trimester 6,746.8 ± 3,572.0 steps. There was no significant difference in the weekly total number of steps between trimesters.

Conclusion:

 

 

the PA level of PW, using IPAQ or pedometer, was similar regardless of the trimester of the pregnancy.

Key words:

pregnancy, physical activity, pedometer, activity assessment

 

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