Exercise in the postpartum period: Practical applications

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 362-368

  Mottola, Michelle F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREAST FEEDING; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BREAST FEEDING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 23644439100     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00149619-200212000-00010     Document Type: Article

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