ArticlePreventive medicine reports2018
Physical activity and sedentary behavior during pregnancy and postpartum, measured using hip and wrist-worn accelerometers.
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Nurture: Early Child Care and Risk of Obesity
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How Active Are Women in the First Year of Motherhood? A Systematic Review of Device-Measured Physical Activity.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence between 6 weeks and 1 year post-partum: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2021Pooled it
- Examining the Impact of a Codeveloped Multicomponent Mobile eHealth Lifestyle Intervention on Physical Activity and Its Association With Gestational Weight Gain in Underserved Women: A Statewide Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Prenatal Counseling throughout Pregnancy: Effects on Physical Activity Level, Perceived Barriers, and Perinatal Health Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
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- Associations Between 24 H Movement Behaviors and Body Weight in Postpartum Women: An Isotemporal Substitution Model Approach.Clocks & sleep · 2026Article
- Preconception to postpartum accelerometry-based 24-hour movement behaviors: a prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A scoping review comparing individual and multi-level physical activity interventions in rural women in the United States.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Relationships Between Perinatal Physical Activity and Pain During Labor and Postpartum.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Device-measured and self-reported physical activity during the first two years postpartum in women with recent gestational diabetes: evidence from the LINDA-Brasil study.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Physical Activity and Pregnancy Norms Among Daasanach Semi-Nomadic Pastoralist Women in Northern Kenya.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Influence of a Sedentary Behavior Intervention on Mood, Sleep, and Quality of Life Outcomes During Pregnancy: The SPRING Study.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Physical activity and heat stress shape water needs in pregnant endurance athletes.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2025Article
- Compliance with 24 h Movement Behavior Guidelines for Pregnant Women in Saudi Arabia: The Role of Trimester and Maternal Characteristics.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The German version of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire: a translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity assessment.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Data Analytics in Physical Activity Studies With Accelerometers: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- A review of public health guidelines for postpartum physical activity and sedentary behavior from around the world.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Review
- Maternal 24-h movement patterns across pregnancy and postpartum: The LIFE-Moms consortium.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Physical activity among pregnant inpatients and outpatients and associations with anxiety.European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 2024Article
- Behavior reallocations within 24-h movement profiles and change in cardiometabolic biomarkers during pregnancy.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity in pregnancy and postpartum is beneficial to mothers and infants. To advance knowledge of objective physical activity measurement during these periods, this study compares hip to wrist accelerometer compliance; assesses convergent validity (correlation) between hip- and wrist-worn accelerometry; and assesses change in physical activity from pregnancy to postpartum.
methodsWe recruited women during pregnancy (
resultsCompliance was higher for wrist-worn accelerometers. Hip and wrist accelerometers showed moderate to high correlations (Pearson's r 0.59 to 0.84). Hip-measured sedentary and active time differed little between T2 and T3. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity decreased at T3 and remained low postpartum. Light physical activity increased and sedentary time decreased throughout the postpartum period.
conclusionsWrist accelerometers may be preferable during pregnancy and appear comparable to hip accelerometers. As physical activity declines during later pregnancy and may not rebound post birth, support for re-engaging in physical activity earlier in the postpartum period may benefit women.
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