Can exercising with your baby reshape postpartum recovery?
NCT ID NCT04546100
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers are testing whether a guided exercise program done with a baby can improve body composition, stress, fatigue, and parent-child bonding in postpartum women. The trial enrolls healthy mothers who had uncomplicated vaginal deliveries and their healthy newborns. Over three months, participants follow videos that grow more intense, mixing postnatal moves, aerobic walking with a stroller or baby carrier, and core exercises. The team measures body fat, weight, and muscle with a body composition scale, and tracks stress, fatigue, and attachment through questionnaires.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a guided maternal-infant exercise program delivered through three progressively harder video stages
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give new mothers a structured, at-home way to recover fitness and ease stress and fatigue while bonding with their baby.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small and enrolls only healthy women after uncomplicated vaginal delivery, so results may not apply to mothers with difficult births or health problems. Exercise alone may not move stress, fatigue, or attachment much.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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81 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2020
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Postpartum healthy women with vaginal delivery 2. No obstetric complications 3. Taiwanese, understand Chinese 4. Agreed to participate in the research after the explanation, and agreed to receive four questionnaire surveys 5. The baby's gestational weeks are more than 37 weeks and the birth weight is more than 2500 grams 6. The baby has no complications or no congenital abnormalities Exclusion Criteria: 1. Four-degree laceration of the perineal wound 2. A history of serious medical and surgical diseases cannot perform exercise 3. Those who cannot cooperate with the implementation of the parent-child exercise program at least three days a week, 20-30 minutes each time 4. The infant must be hospitalized for observation after being evaluated by a doctor and cannot be discharged
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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TSGH
Taipei, Taiwan
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