SynthesisBritish journal of sports medicine2025
Impact of postpartum exercise on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Prevention of Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Rehabilitation Postpartum.
Combine Effects of Drawing in Maneuver and Resisted Ankle Dorsiflexion on Pain, Inter-recti Distance, Strength and Quality of Life in Postpartum Diastasis Recti
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of different types of physical exercises on gestational weight gain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Pelvic Floor Workout for Preventing Stress Urinary Incontinence in Primiparous Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Comparative Study of the Rehabilitation Exercise 5R System and Aerobic Exercise on Postpartum Recovery: Impacts on Muscle Function and Metabolic Health.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Trial
- Postpartum rehabilitation and late-onset fecal incontinence after obstetric trauma: a life-course perspective.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Standards and Norms: Expert Consensus on Exercise for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (2026 Revision).Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2026Article
- Female pelvic floor protection-Where do we have to go?Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Review
- Kicking Off Motherhood: Considering Return to Play Postpartum in the Footballer.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Stepping into Play: a FIFA decision aid for football participation after childbirth.British journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Efficacy of biomechanics-based core muscle training in patients with postpartum stress urinary incontinence.Medicine · 2026Article
- Immediate effect of abdominal muscle contraction on pelvic floor morphology in postpartum women.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Ultrasound Characteristics of Trunk Muscles in Postpartum Women, and Their Correlation with Symptoms of Stress Urinary Incontinence.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Pelvic floor muscle exercise practice and its determinants among postpartum women in Central Ethiopia: as a strategy for preventing pelvic floor disorders.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- International Delphi study of clinical and exercise professionals' opinion of physical activity prescreening and contraindications for participating in postpartum physical activity.British journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Risk factors for diastasis recti abdominis and its correlation with pelvic organ prolapse among postpartum women in southwest China: a retrospective case-control study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Insulin Resistance as a Biomarker for Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Stratification by Delivery Modes.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis.
designSystematic review with random effects meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscuss, Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews (Ovid), Scopus, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched until 12 January 2024. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Studies of all designs (except case studies) and languages were included if they contained information on the Population (individuals in the first year postpartum), Intervention (subjective or objective measures of frequency, intensity, duration, volume or type of exercise alone ('exercise-only') or in combination with other intervention (eg, biofeedback; 'exercise+co-intervention')), Comparator (no exercise or different exercise measures) and Outcome (symptom severity and risk of urinary incontinence, anal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis recti abdominis and sexual function).
results65 studies (n=21 334 participants) from 24 countries were included. 'Moderate' certainty of evidence revealed that pelvic floor muscle training reduced the odds of urinary incontinence by 37% (seven randomised controlled trials (RCTs), n=1930; OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.97, I
conclusionEvidence supports the effectiveness of postpartum pelvic floor muscle training in reducing the odds of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and postpartum abdominal exercise training in reducing inter-rectus distance. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42022359282.
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