Benefits of Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Umbrella Review

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1292-1302

  Dipietro, Loretta ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Bloodgood, Bonny ^c   Sprow, Kyle ^d   Troiano, Richard P ^d   Piercy, Katrina L ^e   Vaux Bjerke, Alison ^e   Powell, Kenneth E ^f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; GESTATIONAL DIABETES; PREECLAMPSIA; WEIGHT GAIN

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT LOSS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85065981810     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001941     Document Type: Review

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