Glucose responses to acute and chronic exercise during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2018, Pages 1357-1366

  Davenport, Margie H ^a   Sobierajski, Frances ^a   Mottola, Michelle F ^b   Skow, Rachel J ^a   Meah, Victoria L ^c   Poitras, Veronica J ^d   Gray, Casey E ^e   Jaramillo Garcia, Alejandra ^d   Barrowman, Nick ^e   Riske, Laurel ^a   James, Marina ^a   Nagpal, Taniya S ^b   Marchand, Andree Anne ^f   Slater, Linda G ^g   Adamo, Kristi B ^h   Davies, Gregory A ⁱ   Barakat, Ruben ^j   Ruchat, Stephanie May ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Research Group Ottawa   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

exercise; glucose; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85055074001     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099829     Document Type: Review

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