The Changes in Balance During Pregnancy: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

physical activity patterns during pregnancy in a sample of portuguese women: a longitudinal prospective study

background physical activity (pa) patterns during pregnancy have not been explored in depth and most previous studies lack assessment of variables such as type, frequency, duration and intensity of activity. objectives this study had two goals: 1) to analyze pa patterns during pregnancy according to weekly time spent on different types of activity; and 2) to determine women’s perception about h...

Pnm-28: Longitudinal Changes of Maternal Anthropometric Indices: A Cohort Study in Women during Pregnancy and Postpartum

Background: Evaluation of fat distribution is a way to assessment of physical health. Waist to Hip Ratio and waist circumference are the simplest anthropometric measurements to be used to determine the obesity and related disorders in pregnancy. Today a close consideration is given to WHR and WC assessment in order to evaluate physical health in epidemiological studies. Materials and Methods: O...

Changes in Cesarean section scar dimensions during pregnancy: a prospective longitudinal study.

OBJECTIVES To describe changes in Cesarean section (CS) scars longitudinally throughout pregnancy, and to relate initial scar measurements, demographic variables and obstetric variables to subsequent changes in scar features and to final pregnancy outcome. METHODS In this prospective observational study we used transvaginal sonography (TVS) to examine the CS scar of 320 consecutive pregnant w...

Anti-Coagulation During Pregnancy in Women with Mechanical Heart Valves: A Prospective Study

Normal cervical changes in parous women during the second half of pregnancy--a prospective, longitudinal ultrasound study.

OBJECTIVE To determine what constitutes normal cervical changes during the second half of pregnancy in parous women delivering at term. DESIGN The study comprises 21 healthy, pregnant parous women who all gave birth at term. They were examined with transvaginal ultrasound every two weeks from 24 gestational weeks until delivery. Cervical length and width were measured. The inner cervical os w...