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What are the clinical guidelines and considerations for recommending exercise or participation in competitive sports during pregnancy?
What are the clinical guidelines and considerations for recommending exercise or participation in competitive sports during pregnancy?
This article provides clinical guidelines for exercise during pregnancy, taking into account the physiologic and anatomic adaptations that occur.
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Guides safe exercise counseling in pregnancy; extends physiologic adaptation data into standardized clinical recommendations.
The appropriateness of various forms of exercise during pregnancy is controversial. Numerous physiologic and anatomic adaptations to pregnancy affect a woman's ability to exercise and her body's response to exercise. Placental blood flow, the potential for hyperthermia and trauma, changes in coordination and balance, body position during exercise, increased nutritional requirements, and the potential for back and pelvic pain must all be considered in light of each woman's particular exercise program. Clinical guidelines for recommending exercise or participation in competitive sports during pregnancy are provided.
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