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Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations in Pregnancy; a Review Study
Many women today tend to exercise during pregnancy. Given the importance of this period of life, the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of exercise on pregnancy and the recommendations that should be considered. According to studies, despite physiological and anatomical changes in pregnancy, physical activity in improving cardiovascular fitness, preventing overweight, preven...
متن کاملPregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire.
We appreciate the interest of Brett et al. 1 in our Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ). 2 The highest priority in designing a questionnaire for epidemiologic practice is the ability of the questionnaire to rank individuals (i.e., to discriminate among individuals with respect to their physical activity) rather than to estimate their absolute energy expenditure. Therefore, in devel...
متن کاملMeasuring physical activity during pregnancy
BACKGROUND Currently, little is known about physical activity patterns in pregnancy with prior estimates predominantly based on subjective assessment measures that are prone to error. Given the increasing obesity rates and the importance of physical activity in pregnancy, we evaluated the relationship and agreement between subjective and objective physical activity assessment tools to inform re...
متن کاملSelf-report Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire overestimates physical activity.
OBJECTIVES Physical activity (PA) research during pregnancy relies heavily on indirect/subjective measures of PA, which may be less accurate than directly measured PA. We tested whether the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) could accurately estimate PA by comparing PPAQ results to directly measured PA. METHODS In a sample of 29 women who completed the PPAQ, PA was directly meas...
متن کاملPhysical activity and injuries during pregnancy.
BACKGROUND Although physical activity can provide health benefits to pregnant women, population-based research on the circumstances surrounding injuries from physical activity during pregnancy is lacking. METHODS Physical activity and subsequent injuries among a cohort of 1469 pregnant women in North Carolina were examined prospectively from the third phase of the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0270-1367,2168-3824
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2012.10599138