Aerobic exercise during pregnancy improves health-related quality of life: a randomised trial.

Question: Does supervised aerobic exercise during pregnancy improve health-related quality of life in nulliparous women?

Design: Analysis of secondary outcomes of a randomised trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessors, and intention-to-treat analysis.

Participants: 64 nulliparous, pregnant women attending for prenatal care at one of three tertiary hospitals.

Intervention: The experimental group completed a 3-month supervised exercise program, commencing at 16 to 20 weeks of gestation.