Influence of prenatal physical activity on the course of labour and delivery according to the new Polish standard for perinatal care

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-389

  Szumilewicz, Anna ^a   Wojtyła, Andrzej ^b   Zarebska, Aleksandra ^a   Drobnik Kozakiewicz, Izabela ^a   Sawczyn, Michał ^a   Kwitniewska, Anna ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Labor and delivery; Physical activity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AMNIOTOMY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; EXERCISE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; PREGNANT WOMAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACUUM EXTRACTION; WELLBEING;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERINATAL CARE; POLAND; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84878904195     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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