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Author(s) -
Marwa Waleed Mahmod,
Dhia Hamde Al-Amedy,
Zeyad Adnan Saleh
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1992.tb16180.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , gestation , longitudinal study , obstetrics , sitting , physical therapy , gynecology , genetics , pathology , biology
Objective To examine the cardiopulmonary adaptation to normal pregnancy in sitting women during rest and bicycle exercise. Design A longitudinal study beginning early in pregnancy and endding 8–12 months after delivery. Setting University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. Subjects 20 women were monitored every second week during pregnancy from 8 to 14 weeks gestation, twice in the puerperium and twice 6–8 weeks and twice 8–12 months after delivery. All the women finished the study, but not all of them participated in every visit.