[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100659669":3},{"organization":4,"outcomesModule":7,"designInfo":36,"detailedDescription":41,"studyPopulation":35,"armGroups":42,"interventions":53,"overallOfficials":35,"centralContacts":59,"locations":65,"responsibleParty":82,"collaborators":35,"id":86,"slug":87,"hasResults":88,"nctId":89,"briefTitle":90,"officialTitle":91,"acronym":35,"eligibilityCriteria":92,"healthyVolunteers":88,"sex":93,"minAge":94,"maxAge":35,"enrollmentInfo":95,"targetDuration":35,"studyType":98,"phases":99,"briefSummary":101,"conditions":102,"keywords":104,"overallStatus":108,"whyStopped":35,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":109,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":110,"startDateStruct":113,"completionDateStruct":115,"leadSponsor":117,"locationsCount":118},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Penn State University","OTHER",{"primaryOutcomes":8,"secondaryOutcomes":21,"otherOutcomes":35},[9,13,17],{"measure":10,"description":11,"timeFrame":12},"Intervention Attendance","Mean percentage of 36 scheduled sessions attended across all participants assigned to immediate intervention, including those who discontinue. The progression target is at least 75%.","During the 12-week intervention",{"measure":14,"description":15,"timeFrame":16},"Recruitment: Number of Participants Enrolled","Number of eligible, consenting women randomized, with a target of 30 participants. Numbers screened and eligible and reasons for nonparticipation will also be recorded.","From recruitment initiation through recruitment closure",{"measure":18,"description":19,"timeFrame":20},"Perceived Program Feasibility","Feasibility of Intervention Measure: four items rated from 1 to 5. The mean score ranges from 1 to 5; higher scores indicate greater perceived feasibility.","At completion of the 12-week intervention",[22,26,29,32],{"measure":23,"description":24,"timeFrame":25},"Change in Peak Oxygen Uptake (VO₂peak)","Peak oxygen uptake measured using the PNOĒ metabolic analyzer during a standardized graded cycle test, expressed in mL\u002Fkg\u002Fmin. Higher values indicate greater cardiorespiratory fitness.","Baseline and 12 weeks",{"measure":27,"description":28,"timeFrame":25},"Change in Grip Strength","Handgrip strength measured using a dynamometer under standardized testing conditions, expressed in kilograms. Higher values indicate greater grip strength.",{"measure":30,"description":31,"timeFrame":25},"Change in Five-Repetition Maximum Deadlift Load","Greatest load, in kilograms, lifted for five repetitions while meeting prespecified technique and symptom-tolerance criteria. Higher loads indicate greater lifting strength.",{"measure":33,"description":34,"timeFrame":25},"Change in Five-Times Sit-to-Stand Completion Time","Time, in seconds, required to complete five chair rises using standardized chair height, arm position, and instructions. Shorter times indicate better performance.",null,{"allocation":37,"interventionModel":38,"interventionModelDescription":35,"primaryPurpose":6,"observationalModel":35,"timePerspective":35,"maskingInfo":39},"RANDOMIZED","CROSSOVER",{"masking":40,"maskingDescription":35,"whoMasked":35},"NONE","The study addresses the transition between postpartum medical clearance and participation in progressive community exercise. It will evaluate an existing program that combines functional resistance training and aerobic conditioning with breathing and bracing instruction. Strength exercises include squat, hinge, push, pull, and carry movements relevant to daily physical demands. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with specialized pregnancy and postpartum training will individualize exercise selection and progression according to symptoms, training experience, technique, and current capacity.\n\nThe RE-AIM framework will guide evaluation of recruitment and participant characteristics, program implementation, and resources needed for future delivery. Session records will document exercise dose, progression, modifications, symptoms, and adverse events. Participant feedback will help identify barriers to attendance, assessment burden, and opportunities to improve the program. Adoption and future sustainment requirements will be described through the established community partnership; long-term maintenance will not be evaluated.\n\nThe study will also explore whether changes in physiological capacity correspond with changes in lifting, carrying, chair-rise performance, and perceived maternal functioning. Abdominal-wall ultrasound will provide complementary information about morphology and behavior during a standardized contraction; inter-recti distance alone will not be interpreted as abdominal-wall function.\n\nAnalyses will emphasize feasibility estimates, baseline-adjusted between-group differences, confidence intervals, outcome variability, and assessment completion. The pilot is not designed to establish definitive effectiveness or test causal mechanisms. Findings will inform program refinement, selection of a primary outcome, and design of a larger trial.",[43,49],{"label":44,"type":45,"description":46,"interventionNames":47},"Immediate Postpartum Exercise Program","EXPERIMENTAL","Participants will begin Strong as a Mother, a 12-week community-based exercise program comprising three supervised sessions per week. Sessions combine progressive functional strength training, aerobic conditioning, and breathing and bracing instruction. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with specialized pregnancy and postpartum training will individualize exercises and progression according to symptoms, training experience, technique, and physical capacity.",[48],"Behavioral: Supervised Postpartum Functional Strength Training and Aerobic Conditioning",{"label":50,"type":51,"description":52,"interventionNames":35},"Usual-Activity Waitlist Control","NO_INTERVENTION","Participants will continue their usual activities for the initial 12-week comparison period without receiving the study exercise program. Outside exercise and relevant clinical care will be documented. After completing the 12-week assessments, participants will be offered the same Strong as a Mother program.",[54],{"type":55,"name":56,"description":57,"armGroupLabels":58,"otherNames":35},"BEHAVIORAL","Supervised Postpartum Functional Strength Training and Aerobic Conditioning","A 12-week community-based exercise program consisting of three supervised sessions per week, for 36 scheduled sessions. Training combines progressive functional resistance exercises-including squat, hinge, push, pull, and carry movements-with aerobic conditioning and pelvic-floor-informed breathing and bracing instruction. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with specialized pregnancy and postpartum training individualizes exercise selection, resistance loads, conditioning intensity, and progression according to each participant's symptoms, training experience, technique, and physical capacity. Attendance, exercise dose, progression, and modifications are documented throughout the program.",[44],[60],{"name":61,"role":62,"phone":63,"phoneExt":35,"email":64},"Watkins, PhD","CONTACT","5023219683","jjw7102@psu.edu",[66],{"facility":5,"status":35,"city":67,"state":68,"zip":69,"country":70,"countryCode":71,"cosmosGeoPoint":72,"geoPoint":77,"contacts":78},"University Park","Pennsylvania","16802","United States","US",{"type":73,"coordinates":74},"Point",[75,76],-77.85639,40.80201,{"lat":76,"lon":75},[79],{"name":80,"role":62,"phone":81,"phoneExt":35,"email":64},"Janette Watkins, PhD","502-321-9683",{"type":83,"investigatorFullName":84,"investigatorTitle":85,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":35,"oldOrganization":35},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR","Janette Watkins","Assistant Professor","100659669","strong-as-a-mother-100659669",false,"NCT07867275","Strong as a Mother","Strong as a Mother: A Pilot Study of Community-Based Strength and Conditioning to Support Postpartum Physical Capacity and Functional Performance","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Women aged 18 years or older.\n* Between 3 and 12 months postpartum at enrollment.\n* Medically cleared to participate in exercise.\n* Able to participate in the exercise program and study assessments.\n* Willing to accept random assignment to immediate intervention or usual-activity waitlist.\n* Able to provide informed consent.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Currently pregnant.\n* Medical contraindication to the prescribed exercise or fitness assessments.\n* Unresolved postpartum complications or symptoms requiring clinical evaluation before participation.\n* A condition requiring a level of clinical supervision beyond what the community program can provide.","FEMALE","18 Years",{"count":96,"type":97},30,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[100],"NA","This study will evaluate Strong as a Mother, an existing community exercise program for women returning to exercise after childbirth. The goal is to determine whether the program can be delivered consistently, whether participants find it acceptable, and how it may affect fitness and physical function.\n\nApproximately 30 medically cleared women who are 3-12 months postpartum will be randomly assigned to begin the program immediately or continue their usual activities for 12 weeks before being offered the program. The program includes three supervised sessions per week combining strength training, aerobic exercise, and breathing and bracing instruction. Exercises will be adjusted to participants' abilities and symptoms.\n\nAssessments will occur before and after the 12-week period, with a brief check-in at six weeks. Researchers will measure participation, program delivery, and adverse events, along with aerobic fitness, grip strength, and lifting, carrying, and chair-rise performance. Additional assessments will examine abdominal-wall characteristics, maternal functioning, postpartum quality of life, and pelvic-floor symptoms. This pilot study will provide preliminary findings to refine the program and plan a larger trial.",[103],"Postpartum Physical Fitness and Functional Performance",[105,106,107],"Postpartum exercise","Maternal physical function","Community-based exercise","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-10-05",{"date":111,"type":112},"2026-10-09","ACTUAL",{"date":114,"type":97},"2027-05-01",{"date":116,"type":97},"2027-10-01",{"name":5,"class":6},1]