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Assessment of physical fitness during pregnancy: validity and reliability of fitness tests, and relationship with maternal and neonatal health – a systematic review
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Olga Roldan Reoyo,
Jose Castro-Piñero ,
Linda E May ,
Olga Ocón-Hernández ,
Michelle F Mottola ,
Virginia A Aparicio ,
Alberto Soriano-Maldonado
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Start page: e001318
Swansea University Author: Olga Roldan Reoyo
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DOI (Published version): 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001318
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Objectives To systematically review studies evaluating one or more components of physical fitness (PF) in pregnant women, to answer two research questions: (1) What tests have been employed to assess PF in pregnant women? and (2) What is the validity and reliability of these tests and their relation...
| Published in: | BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine |
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| ISSN: | 2055-7647 |
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2022
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Objectives To systematically review studies evaluating one or more components of physical fitness (PF) in pregnant women, to answer two research questions: (1) What tests have been employed to assess PF in pregnant women? and (2) What is the validity and reliability of these tests and their relationship with maternal and neonatal health?Design A systematic review.Data sources PubMed and Web of Science.Eligibility criteria Original English or Spanish full-text articles in a group of healthy pregnant women which at least one component of PF was assessed (field based or laboratory tests).Results A total of 149 articles containing a sum of 191 fitness tests were included. Among the 191 fitness tests, 99 (ie, 52%) assessed cardiorespiratory fitness through 75 different protocols, 28 (15%) assessed muscular fitness through 16 different protocols, 14 (7%) assessed flexibility through 13 different protocols, 45 (24%) assessed balance through 40 different protocols, 2 assessed speed with the same protocol and 3 were multidimensional tests using one protocol. A total of 19 articles with 23 tests (13%) assessed either validity (n=4), reliability (n=6) or the relationship of PF with maternal and neonatal health (n=16).Conclusion Physical fitness has been assessed through a wide variety of protocols, mostly lacking validity and reliability data, and no consensus exists on the most suitable fitness tests to be performed during pregnancy. |
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This study has been partially funded by the University of Granada,
Plan Propio de Investigación 2016, Excellence actions: Units of Excellence: Unit
of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES), and by the Junta de Andalucía,
Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigación y Universidades and European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF), ref. SOMM17/6107/UGR. |
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3 |
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e001318 |