Why do pregnant women stop exercising in the third trimester?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1267-1275

  Haakstad, Lene A H ^a   Voldner, Nanna ^b   Henriksen, Tore ^b   Bø, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; Exercise; Pregnancy; Social modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LEAVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70449561561     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903284901     Document Type: Article

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