Association of self‐reported physical fitness with pain during pregnancy: The GESTAFIT Project

Nuria Marín‐Jiménez, Pedro Acosta‐Manzano, Milkana Borges‐Cosic, Laura Baena‐García, Irene Coll‐Risco, Lidia Romero‐Gallardo, Virginia A. Aparicio

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2019 · 34 citations · 25 references

Abstract

Greater self-reported overall physical fitness and its components are associated with less bodily, lumbar and sciatic pain, and reduced pain disability during pregnancy. Future studies are needed to explore whether increasing physical fitness before and during pregnancy could decrease pain in this relevant stage.

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