Clinical Guidelines: Womens Health
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Exercise
- Mottola MF, Davenport MH, Ruchat SM, Davies GA, Poitras VJ, Gray CE, Garcia AJ, Barrowman N, Adamo KB, Duggan M, Barakat R. 2019 Canadian guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Nov 1;52(21):1339-46. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- Davies G, Wolfe L, Mottola M, MacKinnon C. Can J Appl Physiol, Joint SOGC/CSEP Clinical Practice Guideline: Exercise in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. 2003; 28(3): 329-341. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Weight Management Before, During and After Pregnancy. 2010. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- Goom T, Donnelly G, Brockwell E. Returning to running postnatal – guidelines for medical, health and fitness professionals managing this population. 2019. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
Mental Health
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance. (published: 2014; updated:2018). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
Pelvic Health
See: Clinical Guidelines: Pelvic Health
Postpartum Health
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Postnatal care. (2021). [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
Pregnancy
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Antenatal care. 2021 [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Caesarean birth. 2021 [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Hypertension in pregnancy: diagnosis and management. 2021 [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies. (published:2014; updated: 2017) [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- Clinton SC, Newell A, Downey PA, Ferreira K. Pelvic girdle pain in the antepartum population: physical therapy clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability, and health from the Section on Women's Health and the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Journal of Women's Health Physical Therapy. 2017 May 1;41(2):102-25. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
- Vleeming A, Albert HB, Östgaard HC, Sturesson B, Stuge B. European guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic girdle pain. European Spine Journal. 2008 Jun 1;17(6):794-819. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]
Joint policy statements
- Britnell SJ, Cole JV, Isherwood L, Stan MM, Britnell N, Burgi S, Candido G, Watson L. Postural health in women: the role of physiotherapy. Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada. 2005 May 1;27(5):493-500. [Accessed 21 Jul 2022]