ArticleExpert review of obstetrics & gynecology2011
Lack of evidence for prescription of antepartum bed rest.
Article in Expert review of obstetrics & gynecology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #50: The role of activity restriction in obstetric management: (Replaces Consult Number 33, August 2014).American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Guideline
- The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of premature labor.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2013Pooled it
- Noninvasive prediction of fetal growth restriction using maternal plasma cell-free RNA: a case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Efficacy of an enhanced recovery nursing plan as a rooming-in practice for women with preeclampsia post-cesarean section.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2024Article
- Physical Activity in Work and Leisure Time during Pregnancy, and Its Influence on Maternal Health and Perinatal Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of Recreational Therapy and 3D Ultrasonography for High-Risk Pregnancies on Psychological Well-Being during Hospitalization and in the Puerperal Phase.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Adherence to recommended physical activity restrictions due to threatened preterm delivery - a descriptive multi-center study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Activity in Pregnancy for Patients with a History of Preterm Birth.Clinical medicine insights. Women's health · 2016Article
- Activity restriction among women with a short cervix.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2013Article
- Prenatal bed rest in developed and developing regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.CMAJ openArticle
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Abstract
Antepartum bed-rest treatment is based on assumptions that it is both effective and safe for mother and fetus. However, research indicates, that bed-rest treatment is ineffective for preventing preterm birth and fetal growth restriction, and for increasing gestational age at birth and infant birthweight. Studies of women treated with pregnancy bed-rest identify numerous side effects, including muscle atrophy, bone loss, weight loss, decreased infant birthweight in singleton gestations and gestational age at birth, and psychosocial problems. Studies conducted by aerospace scientists who have used bed rest as a model for the study of weightlessness in space using nonpregnant individuals report similar results. Antepartum bed-rest treatment should be discontinued until evidence of effectiveness is found.
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