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BASEM Congress 2001

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    001 EXERCISE BEHAVIOUR IN PREGNANCY

    H. Allcock. Royal London Hospital Department of Sports Medicine, Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG

    Aims: To determine the different exercise levels and information needs during pregnancy in the athletic and general population.

    Objectives: To compare the exercise levels of pregnant women in an athletic and a general population group to recommended guidelines (American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Technical Bulletin 1994;189). To look at the information needs of these two groups.

    Methods: A retrospective questionnaire study was conducted with an athletic population recruited from running magazines/athletic clubs and a cohort of women from general practice.

    Results: Ninety five athletes and 74 women from general practice are compared to determine socioeconomic variables. Their different pre-pregnancy exercise behaviours, in type, frequency, duration, and intensity (O'Neil M. Br J Sports Med 1992;26:121–4OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text) are recorded and the changes made during pregnancy are determined. The factors affecting changes in their exercise behaviour through the trimesters of pregnancy are ascertained. The advice the women had obtained about exercising in pregnancy and the perceived deficiencies in the information available are identified.⇓

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    Percentage of women exceeding recommended exercise guidelines in pregnancy


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    Conclusions: Women in this study were shown to often exceed the recognised guidelines for exercise levels in pregnancy, this was more so among athletic women. In particular, the duration and intensity of weight bearing activities such as running reduced and that of swimming and walking increased. Inadequate information about exercise in pregnancy is highlighted by both groups of women in particular being unaware of what are the safe upper limits for exercise in pregnancy, but this was more of a concern for the athletic population who expressed the need for a more tailored approach for the regular exerciser.

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    S.H. Boyce,1 M.A. Quigley.2 1Accident & Emergency Department, …

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