Key result
Physical activity during pregnancy is safe and highly recommended, as it reduces the risk of excessive gestational weight gain, gestational diabetes, and hypertensive disorders without harming the fetus.
Why the study?
Women planning pregnancy or who are pregnant frequently consult physicians regarding activity limitations, requiring clinicians to have background knowledge on physiological changes and guidelines.
What are the physiological considerations and practical guidelines for physical activity during pregnancy?
What are the physiological considerations and practical guidelines for physical activity during pregnancy?
This review provides practical guidelines for healthcare providers regarding physical activity recommendations and limitations for pregnant women.
Encourages individualized activity assessment in pregnancy; leaves open RCT confirmation of optimal regimens by risk group.
Physical activity is a crucial element in preventing and coping with several chronic conditions. Many women become aware of their health issues as they plan pregnancy or become pregnant and consult their physician regarding limitations and recommendations in this situation. This review intends to endow the consulting general practitioner and obstetrician, as well as midwives with the background knowledge for this encounter. It details the physiological changes of pregnancy with regards to physical activity and deals with the range of allowed activities and the major risk groups who should be given special concern. In general, the best judge of a woman's ability to perform physical activity is her subjective feeling of appropriateness of a given effort.
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Mor et al. (2022) conducted a review in Pregnancy. Physical activity vs. Inactivity was evaluated. Physical activity during pregnancy is safe and highly recommended, as it reduces the risk of excessive gestational weight gain, gestational diabetes, and hypertensive disorders without harming the fetus.
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