Experiences of physical activity during pregnancy in Danish nulliparous women with a physically active life before pregnancy. A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hegaard, Hanne K ^a,b   Kjaergaard, Hanne ^b,c   Damm, Peter P ^b,c   Petersson, Kerstin ^a   Dykes, Anna Karin ^a,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; NULLIPARA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SWITZERLAND; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; EXERCISE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77953941541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-33     Document Type: Article

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