Vigorous exercise and birth outcomes in a sample of recreational exercisers: A prospective study across pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 288-292

  Duncombe, Dianne ^a   Skouteris, Helen ^a   Wertheim, Eleanor H ^a   Kelly, Leanne ^a   Fraser, Virginia ^a   Paxton, Susan J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Birthweight; Exercise; Gestational age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745604034     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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