Using the Peanut Exercise Ball to Reduce Cesarean Section Rates: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Conditions studied: Cesarean Section

In brief

This study is designed as a prospective, randomized controlled trial that will compare the use of the peanut exercise ball in laboring patients compared with no use of the exercise ball. We hypothesize that use of the peanut ball decreases the incidence of cesarean section.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02899260

Run by

Virginia Commonwealth University

People needed

316

Starts

2016-08-01

Expected to finish

2019-04-10

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion Criteria for this study include pregnant women over the age of 18 who present to VCU Labor and Delivery in labor or for induction of labor with a fetus in cephalic presentation.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria for this study include women with multifetal gestations, fetus in breech or transverse position, musculoskeletal abnormalities in the mother which might preclude them from proper positioning on the peanut ball.

Where it is running

• VCU Health System — Richmond, Virginia, United States

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