Benefits of Physical Activity during Pregnancy and Postpartum: An Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to summarize the evidence from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report, including new evidence from an updated search of the effects of physical activity on maternal health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Methods

An initial search was undertaken to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between 2006 and 2016. An updated search then identified additional systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between January 2017 and February 2018. The searches were conducted in PubMed®, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library and supplemented through hand searches of reference lists of included articles and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

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SUBMITTER: Dipietro L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527310 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature