Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women

SJ Woodley, P Lawrenson, R Boyle… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background About one‐third of women have urinary incontinence (UI) and up to one‐tenth
have faecal incontinence (FI) after childbirth. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is …

Physical activity and the risk of preterm birth: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of epidemiological studies

D Aune, S Schlesinger, T Henriksen… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Physical activity has been inconsistently associated with risk of preterm birth,
and the strength of the association and the shape of the dose–response relationship needs …

Cohort profile: the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study

PC Hallal, AD Bertoldi, MR Domingues… - International journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pelotas is a Southern Brazilian city with a current population of 344 000 inhabitants.
Children delivered in the city's hospitals in 1982, 1993 and 2004 and their mothers, were the …

Efficacy of regular exercise during pregnancy on the prevention of postpartum depression: the PAMELA randomized clinical trial

CVN Coll, MR Domingues, A Stein… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Interventions to reduce postpartum depression have mainly focused on
enhancing screening to increase treatment rates among women. Preventive approaches are …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized controlled trial of exercise during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes: results from the PAMELA study

SG da Silva, PC Hallal, MR Domingues… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Women are encouraged to be physically active during pregnancy. Despite
available evidence supporting antenatal physical activity to bring health benefits for both the …

[HTML][HTML] Factors effective in the prevention of Preeclampsia: A systematic review

FA Rahnemaei, MA Fashami, F Abdi… - Taiwanese Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the morbidity and mortality of mothers and fetuses developed by preeclampsia,
preventive approaches have always been taken into account in high risk individuals …

Effect of combined physical training on cognitive function in people with epilepsy: results from a randomized controlled trial

N Feter, R Alt, CA Häfele, MC da Silva… - Epilepsia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the effect of 12‐week exercise program on cognitive function in
people with epilepsy. Methods Twenty‐one physically inactive subjects were randomized …

Maternal physical activity patterns in the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort: from preconception to postpartum

L Tornquist, D Tornquist, GI Mielke… - … of Physical Activity …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Motherhood has been associated with reduced leisure-time physical activity
(LTPA) levels. We aim to assess maternal LTPA patterns from preconception to 4 years …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in leisure-time physical activity among Brazilian pregnant women: comparison between two birth cohort studies (2004–2015)

CVN Coll, MR Domingues, PC Hallal, ICM Da Silva… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Low levels of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) during pregnancy have been
shown in studies conducted worldwide. Surveillance is extremely important to monitor the …

Maternal perinatal depression and infant sleep problems at 1 year of age: Subjective and actigraphy data from a population‐based birth cohort study

CS Halal, DG Bassani, IS Santos… - Journal of sleep …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study used data from 2,222 mothers and infants participating in a population‐based
birth cohort to verify whether maternal depression in the perinatal period was associated …