A systematic review of changes in women's physical activity before and during pregnancy and the postnatal period

M Abbasi, O van den Akker - Journal of Reproductive and Infant …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To determine the magnitude and type of naturally occuring physical activity
changes in women around the time of pregnancy. Background: This systematic review …

Correlates of recreational physical activity in early pregnancy

Y Ning, MA Williams, JC Dempsey… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Despite the well-documented benefits of a physically active lifestyle, over 25% of
American adults report that they never engage in regular recreational physical activity. Little …

Low physical activity and mortality in women: baseline lifestyle and health as alternative explanations

S Carlsson, T Andersson, A Wolk… - … journal of public …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between physical activity and
mortality in post-menopausal women. In addition, the authors wanted to investigate to what …

Recreational physical activity during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia

TK Sorensen, MA Williams, IM Lee, EE Dashow… - …, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
The potential benefits and risks of physical activity before and during pregnancy are not well
studied. We studied the relation between recreational physical activity and the risk of …

Prenatal exercise is not associated with fetal mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MH Davenport, AJ Kathol, MF Mottola… - British journal of sports …, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To perform a systematic review of the relationship between prenatal exercise and
fetal or newborn death. Design Systematic review with random-effects meta-analysis and …

Physical exercise during pregnancy and fetal growth measures: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

M Juhl, J Olsen, PK Andersen, EA Nøhr… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to examine the association between physical
exercise during pregnancy and fetal growth measures. STUDY DESIGN: Data on 79,692 …

The relationship of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour with gestational weight gain and birth weight

AE Ruifrok, E Althuizen, N Oostdam… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To evaluate the relationship of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour with
gestational weight gain (GWG) and birth weight. Design. Combined data from two …

Physical activity before IVF and ICSI cycles in infertile obese women: an observational cohort study

S Palomba, A Falbo, B Valli, D Morini, MT Villani… - Reproductive …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study assessed the relationship between regular physical activity and reproductive
performance in obese infertile patients who receive assisted reproduction cycles with stable …

Physical activity as a determinant of mortality in women

Y Trolle-Lagerros, LA Mucci, M Kumle, T Braaten… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: There is substantial evidence that higher levels of activity reduce the risk of
mortality, but several research questions remain about the protective effect of physical …

An overview of maternal and fetal short and long-term impact of physical activity during pregnancy

CF Leite, SL do Nascimento, FR Helmo… - Archives of gynecology …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose To explore information available in the literature about the possible benefits
resulting from physical activity (PA) in non-risky pregnant women, repercussion on maternal …