PREGNANCY
1- The long-term effect of abdominal strengthening exercise on female diastasis of rectus abdominis
Project Leader:Augusto Gil Pascoal
Project purposes:
- To evaluate whether specific abdominal muscle training decreases prevalence of diastasis recti in primiparous women with and without diastasis at inclusion (mixed population);
- To describe the effects of the different isometric contractions of the abdominal muscles on the IRD as well as to correlate changes on IRD with pelvic stabilization on post-partum women.
2- Diastasis of Rectus Abdominis in Male Well-Trained Population
Project Leader:Augusto Gil Pascoal
Project purposes:
- to compare the diastasis of rectus abdominis of untrained men and nulliparous and postpartum primiparous women
- to compare untrained and trained men to analyze the long-term effect of an intense abdominal exercises program in linea alba integrity and IRD width
3- Influence of physical activity level on women's gait and low back pain prevention during pregnancy and in the postpartum period
Project Leader:Rita Santos-Rocha
Project purposes:
- To analyze prospectively the gait pattern (GP) and low back pain (LBP), in the different phases of pregnancy and postpartum, regarding the level of physical activity (PA).
- To analyze the association between GP, LBP and PA
