Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Research Article

The Association between Physical Exercise during Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the literature included in the analysis.
AuthorsStudy typeSample sizeDuration of the first stage of laborDuration of the second stage of laborGestational age at birthSpontaneous laborApgar scoreBirth weightNOS
Intervention groupControl groupIntervention groupControl groupIntervention groupControl groupIntervention groupControl groupIntervention groupControl groupIntervention groupControl groupIntervention groupControl group
Salvesen et al. (2014) [16]RCT3131NANANANANANANANA7
da Silva et al. (2017) [17]RCT204407NANANANANANANANANANA6
Sanda et al. (2018) [12]RCT295294NANA7
Zarezadeh et al. (2016) [18]RCT4040NANANANA3414NANANANA6
Toosi et al. (2016) [11]RCT606041298
Ghodsi et al. (2014) [19]RCT4040NANA3535NANA8
Price et al. (2012) [20]RCT3131NANA27198
Rodriguez et al. (2017) [21]RCT5050NANANANANANA4523NANA8
Ghandali et al. (2021) [14]RCT5555NANA4542NANA7
Garnaes et al. (2017) [13]RCT3836NANANANANANA29297
Murtezani et al. (2014) [22]RCT3033NANANANANANA22177
Barakat et al. (2018) [15]RCT2552531391158
Perales et al. (2016) [10]RCT838369718