Pregnancy related back pain, is it related to aerobic fitness? A longitudinal cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Thorell, Eva ^a,b   Kristiansson, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; SWEDEN; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859735692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-30     Document Type: Article

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