Exercise and pregnancy in recreational and elite athletes: 2016/17 evidence summary from the IOC Expert Group Meeting, Lausanne. Part 3 - Exercise in the postpartum period

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 1516-1525

  Bø, Kari ^a   Artal, Raul ^b   Barakat, Ruben ^c   Brown, Wendy J ^d   Davies, Gregory A L ^e   Dooley, Michael ^f,g   Evenson, Kelly R ^h   Haakstad, Lene A H ^a   Kayser, Bengt ⁱ   Kinnunen, Tarja I ^j   Larsén, Karin ^k   Mottola, Michelle F ^l   Nygaard, Ingrid ^m   Van Poppel, Mireille ⁿ   Stuge, Britt ^o   Khan, Karim M ^p  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Poundbury Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^g KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h IL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^k SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^o OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Exercise; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; BREAST FEEDING; CONSENSUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RETURN TO SPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ATHLETES; BREAST FEEDING; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RETURN TO SPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85026299273     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097964     Document Type: Article

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