Experienced professional consensus on progression of the postpartum run-training programme
| Round II | Round III | |||
| Theme for run training | Agree or strongly agree (%) | Disagree or strongly disagree (%) | Agree or strongly agree (%) | Disagree or strongly disagree (%) |
| It is important to only change one parameter at a time (eg, distance, speed, incline, etc) | 93 | 7 | 98.8 | 1.2 |
| It is important not to increase running volume by more than 10% per week in most cases | 80 | 20 | 87.1 | 12.9 |
| It is important to progress distance first, then progress intensity | 62 | 38 | 62.4 | 37.7 |
| It is important to achieve mileage goals first, then add speed and tempo work | 50 | 50 | 37.7 | 62.4 |
| It is important to train overall functional mobility (eg, thoracic rotation, hip range of motion, etc) and flexibility (eg, hamstring length, hip flexor length, etc) while progressing running volume | 95 | 5 | 97.7 | 2.4 |
| It is important to use a prepackaged, set programme (such as a ‘couch to 5K’ programme) to dictate run progression parameters | 14 | 86 | 3.6 | 96.4 |
| Runners should be educated to stop running and return to walking if pelvic health symptoms (eg, incontinence, vaginal heaviness, vaginal pressure, etc) arise during the run portion of a walk-run interval training session | 82 | 18 | 86.9 | 13.1 |
| Runners should be educated that they can complete the full run portions of a walk-run interval training session if pelvic health symptoms (eg, incontinence, vaginal heaviness, vaginal pressure, etc) arise during the running portion | 18 | 82 | 10.7 | 89.3 |
Bold text indicates consensus was reached.