This study aimed to analyze the association between walking and the duration of the active phase of labor. Methodology: We realized an analytic, an almost experimental intervention study. Study participants were 80 primiparous parturient women, who were admitted during spontaneous labor, at the start of the active phase. Data collection instruments: podometer to measure the distance walked in meters, numerical visual pain scale, and form for data registration. Results: the parturient women walked an average distance of 1624 meters, 63.09% of the active phase of labor and during an average time of 5 hours. We observed that the distance walked during the first three hours of the active phase is associated with a shorter labor time. For every 100 meters walked, duration decreased by 22 minutes during the first hour, by 10 minutes during the second hour and by 6 minutes during the third hour.
Labor, Obstetric; Pain; Walking
