The efficacy of moderate-to-vigorous resistance exercise during pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-42

  Petrov Fieril, Karolina ^a   Glantz, Anna ^b   Fagevik Olsen, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Antenatal Care Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exercise; pregnancy; public health; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SWEDEN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84919343569     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12525     Document Type: Article

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