title: Exercise and pregnancy in recreational and elite athletes: 2016 evidence summary from the IOC expert group meeting, Lausanne. Part 2-the effect of exercise on the fetus, labour and birth.
abstract: This is Part 2 of 5 in the series of evidence statements from the IOC expert committee on exercise and pregnancy in recreational and elite athletes. Part 1 focused on the effects of training during pregnancy and on the management of common pregnancy-related symptoms experienced by athletes. In Part 2, we focus on maternal and fetal perinatal outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bø
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Women's Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Artal
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte-INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barakat
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Exercise Physical Activity and Health, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: The Poundbury Clinic, King Edward VII Hospital London, Dorchester, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dooley
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Evenson
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Sciences, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Lene A H
authors.initials: LAH
authors.lastname: Haakstad
authors.affiliation: The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Institute of Sport Science, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kayser
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Tarja I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Kinnunen
authors.affiliation: R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation-Exercise and Pregnancy Lab, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Michelle F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mottola
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nygaard
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sport Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Poppel
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Britt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stuge
authors.affiliation: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Gregory A L
authors.initials: GAL
authors.lastname: Davies
keywords: Exercise