ArticleArchives of gynecology and obstetrics2012
Bone mineral density changes during pregnancy in actively exercising women as measured by quantitative ultrasound.
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- The effect of an exercise program in pregnancy on vitamin D status among healthy, pregnant Norwegian women: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Trial
- Diagnostic Imaging of the Skeletal System: Overview of Applications in Human and Veterinary Medicine.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Mechanical Regulation of the Maternal Skeleton during Reproduction and Lactation.Current osteoporosis reports · 2019Review
- Clinical Evaluation of Bone Strength and Fracture Risk.Current osteoporosis reports · 2017Review
- Bone Health Assessed by Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound among Cohort of Pregnant Egyptian Women.Journal of microscopy and ultrastructureArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate whether bone mineral density (BMD) changes in women engaged in active exercises during pregnancy would be different from non-exercising women.
methodsConsecutive patients with singleton pregnancies who were engaged in active exercise training during pregnancy were prospectively recruited over a period of 6 months. Quantitative USG measurements of the os calcis BMD were performed at 14-20 weeks and at 36-38 weeks. These patients were compared to a control cohort of non-exercising low-risk women.
resultsA total of 24 physically active women undergoing active physical training of over 10 h per week at 20 weeks gestation and beyond (mean 13.1 h, SD 3.3) were compared to 94 non-exercising low-risk women. A marginal fall in BMD of 0.015 g/cm(2) (SD 0.034) was demonstrable from early to late gestation in the exercising women, which was significantly lower than that of non-exercising women (0.041 g/cm(2); SD 0.042; p = 0.005). Logistic regression models confirmed that active exercises in pregnancy were significantly associated with the absence of or less BMD loss in pregnancy.
conclusionIn women actively engaged in physical training during pregnancy, the physiological fall in BMD during pregnancy was apparently less compared to those who did not regularly exercise.
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