Motor Imagery in High-Risk Pregnants

Pregnancy, High Risk Clinical Trial

Official title: Acute Effect of Motor Imagery in High-Risk Pregnants: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the acute effects of motor imagery exercises on fetal heart rate, uterine contractions, maternal heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and well-being in high-risk pregnant women.

Clinical Trial Description

Bed rest is often recommended in high-risk pregnant women to prevent complications from reaching dangerous levels.

Pregnant women recommended bed rest can benefit from exercise in order to overcome this process more easily, to reduce the negative consequences of inactivity and to prevent possible risks.

However, there may be differences between the view of high-risk pregnant women and the view of healthy pregnant women. Motor imagery refers to a mental process in which an individual mentally imagines that movement without actually eliciting an active movement. Studies have shown that similar brain regions are activated during movement performance and movement imagery. It has been reported in the literature that progressive relaxation exercises performed under mental/motor imagery guidance in healthy pregnant women and pregnant women lead to an improvement in maternal anxiety, stress and fetal attachment scales and a decrease in maternal systolic/diastolic blood pressure. However, as far as the investigators know, there is no study that applies the exercise protocol that can be given to healthy pregnant women to high-risk pregnant women with motor imagery and examines acute responses on fetal and maternal parameters. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pregnancy, High Risk

• NCT number: NCT05946252
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Izmir University of Economics
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2023
• Completion date: January 5, 2024