The efficacy of maternity swimming to reduce mother's weight

第1報において妊婦水泳に関する妊婦の認識について報告し (1) ,第2報において妊婦水泳の現状とその適応について報告した (2) ｡その後,第3報において妊婦水泳が母児の循環系におぼす影響について報告し (3) ,第4報にて出産後1年間の児の予後調査を行った (4) 。今回は,妊婦水泳による体重減少効果について検討を行った。その結果,妊婦水泳前後で平均460gの体重減少がみられた｡また水泳を10回以上行った妊婦において,水泳を行っている期間の体重増加が水泳を行っていない期間の体重増加に比べて有意に少なかった｡これより,妊婦水泳には一定の減量効果があり,肥満妊婦の治療にも応用できると考えられた。The efficacy of awimming to reduce mother's weight were studided retrospectively in 107 women. Each time they swum for a hour. They were given a chance of swimming at only one time in a week. Most of them reduced their weight after the swimming. The average of the weight loss was 460 gram after each time of swimming. In women who had a chance of swimming at ten times or more, the mother's weight gain in a week when they had a chance of swimming, was statistically (p<0.01) less than the weight in a week when they didn't swim. Thus, the maternity swimming was thought to have the efficacy to reduce mother's weight. If the maternlty swimming is clinically applied for the treatment of obese pregnant women, their weight will reduce efficiently