Canadian guidelines for exercise in pregnancy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 488-495

  Wolfe, Larry A ^a   Davies, Gregory A L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY POSTURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MONITORING; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OVEREXERTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRETCHING; SUPINE POSITION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037811718     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200306000-00027     Document Type: Review

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