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Why can’t I exercise during pregnancy? Time to revisit medical ‘absolute’ and ‘relative’ contraindications: systematic review of evidence of harm and a call to action
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  • Victoria L Meah Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gregory A Davies Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Margie H Davenport Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Margie H Davenport, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada; mdavenpo{at}ualberta.ca
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Meah VL, Davies GA, Davenport MH
Why can’t I exercise during pregnancy? Time to revisit medical ‘absolute’ and ‘relative’ contraindications: systematic review of evidence of harm and a call to action
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:1395-1404.

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  • Accepted April 28, 2020
  • First published June 8, 2020.
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November 18, 2020

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