Background: Low back pain (LBP) is an increasingly reported condition, and physical activity (PA) may play important role. The aim of the present study was to evaluate proportion pregnancy-related LBP its association with type intensity level PA during pregnancy. Methods: A longitudinal prospective carried out a cohort 118 pregnant women. Participants were evaluated in all trimesters. assessed ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze factors associated with the practice of physical activity during pregnancy and its relationship to maternal and child health indicators. METHODS Cross-sectional study carried out with all births that occurred at maternity hospitals in the municipality of Rio Grande (Southern Brazil) during the year of 2007 (N = 2,557). Information was collected through interviews, by mean...

BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes mellitus is one of the most common complications of pregnancy. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A recent meta-analysis study suggested that more research is needed to investigate the type, duration and intensity of physical activity that can help to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. OBJECTIVES The pr...

BackgroundAlthough following a suitable sports program with mild intensity promoted the health of mother's who had healthy pregnancy and caused no harm to the growing fetus; pregnant women usually choose to live a sedentary life. This study was conducted to determine the psychological factors related to physical activity in pregnant women. Materials and MethodsThis descriptive, correlational an...

Health-related quality of life (QOL) is reported to be reduced during pregnancy. Associations between QOL, physical activity (PA), insomnia, depression and worry are insufficiently investigated among pregnant women. The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL and PA patterns among healthy pregnant women, and to examine how QOL might correlate to PA, sleep, worry and depression. This is an observa...

background: the most common reproductive endocrine disorder of reproductive age women is a poly cystic ovary syndrome (pcos) metabolic syndrome has been more reported in patients with pcos in comparison to general population. few investigations have been performed to evaluate the independent effect of exercise on biochemical and clinical symptoms of patients with pcos. the aim of the study was ...

The aims of the present study were to assess the volume of physical activity (PA) throughout pregnancy in normal-weight vs overweight/obese women, and to investigate which factors may predict compliance to PA recommendations in these women throughout gestation. In 236 pregnant women, 177 normal-weight and 59 overweight/obese (median[IQR] BMI 21.2[19.9-22.8] vs 26.5[25.5-29.0] kg/m2, respectivel...