An interventional study of Resistance Exercise in Sexual Health, Quality of Life and Postpartum Women, sponsored by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Completed at 1 site in Iran. Open to female participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-03.
Sponsored by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if resistance exercise works to promote sexual health or quality of life in postpartum women. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Can a set of physical exercises lead to an improvement in women's perception of their quality of life or their sexual function during the postpartum period? Researchers are comparing the effect of these exercises with routine postpartum care.
Participants will:
Mothers who are two months postpartum (following a vaginal delivery), provided they meet specific criteria-such as having a healthy infant and exclusive breastfeeding.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences is the lead sponsor of 150 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.
Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Control
Other: Resistance Exercise
At the intervention centers, a suitable location was designated for instruction on how to perform the exercises during the first four weeks. To ensure privacy, participants received individual, face-to-face training from the researcher and practiced the exercise program once under the researcher's supervision during the first session. At the end of the fourth week of the intervention, participants received individual, face-to-face instruction on how to perform the exercises for the subsequent four weeks.The program consisted of three exercise sessions per week, with each session lasting 50 minutes. Each session included a general warm-up emphasizing the muscle groups involved in that session (5-10 minutes), six resistance exercises (35 minutes), and a cool-down period (5 minutes). The exercises remained the same over each two-week period; however, the number of sets and repetitions increased in the second week.
Change from Baseline in the Mean score of Female Sexual function index at 8 weeks
The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was first developed and validated by Rosen in 2000 . It consists of 19 items that assess sexual function across six domains over the past four weeks: desire (items 1 and 2), sexual arousal (items 3-6), lubrication (items 7-10), orgasm (items 11-13), pain (items 14-16), and sexual satisfaction (items 17-19). A score of 0 indicates that the individual has not engaged in sexual activity during the past four weeks. The total score for the questionnaire is obtained by summing the scores from all six domains; a higher score indicates better sexual function .
Time frame: Before the intervention begins and after it concludes-which is at the end of the 8th week following the start of the intervention-this questionnaire is completed by participants in both groups as a self-report measure.
Change from Baseline in the Mean score of Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) at 8 weeks.
The overall score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst state and 100 represents the best.This self-report questionnaire, primarily used to assess quality of life and health, was developed by Ware and Sherbourne. It consists of 36 items and evaluates eight domains: physical functioning, social functioning, role limitations due to physical health, role limitations due to emotional problems, mental health, vitality, bodily pain, and general health. Furthermore, the SF-36 provides two summary measures of functioning: the Physical Component Summary (PCS) score, which assesses the physical dimension of health, and the Mental Component Summary (MCS) score, which evaluates the psychosocial dimension of health.
Time frame: Before the intervention begins and after it concludes-which is at the end of the 8th week following the start of the intervention-this questionnaire is completed by participants in both groups as a self-report measure.
Plan to share: Yes — only Study Protocol, Informed Consent Form (ICF), Clinical Study Report (CSR) will be shared.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form, Clinical study report
Time frame: 6 months after the publication of the first article.
Access criteria: The information mentioned will be sent only to the researchers' valid email addresses, following the review of their request by the corresponding author of the article.
No publications or documents are linked to this record.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
This study is completed, as verified in Oct 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences →