Fetal wellbeing may be compromised during strenuous exercise among pregnant elite athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-283

  Salvesen, Kjell A ^a,b   Hem, Erlend ^c   Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRADYCARDIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RUNNING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BRADYCARDIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RUNNING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858154402     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.080259     Document Type: Article

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