Academic Outputs
Relevant publications by Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group members
Articles
Taylor, K. De Vivo, M, Hurst, P., Mills, H, Foad, A. (in press). This Mum Moves: Impact of training in physical activity guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum on the professional practice of midwives and health visitors. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.
Giorgione,V., Khalil, A., O’Driscoll, J.,Thilaganathan, B. (2023). Postpartum cardiovascular function in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a longitudinal study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Prevett, C., Kimber, M., Forner, L., De Vivo, M., Davenport, M (2023). Impact of heavy resistance training on pregnancy and postpartum health outcomes. International Urogynecology Journal, 34, 405-411.
De Vivo, M., Atkinson, L., Donnelly, G., Elliot-Sale, K., Hillyar, C Rand, S., Roberts, C and The Active Pregnancy Foundation (2022). A Bump in the Road? The BASES Expert Statement on Pregnant and Postnatal Athletes Produced on behalf of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.
De Vivo, M & Mills, H (2021). Laying the foundation for Pregnancy Physical Activity Profiling: a framework for providing tailored physical advice and guidance to pregnant women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Special issue Physical Activity Behaviour during Pregnancy and Postpartum, 18 (11).
Pitchers, G., Elliot-Sale, K., DeVivo, M., Donelon, T., Mills, H., Brockwell, E & Donnelly, G (2020). Pregnancy in the female athlete Part 1: antenatal. Professional Strength and Conditioning, 58, 15-22.
Donnelly, G., Rankin, A., Mills, H., DeVivo, M, Goom, T & Brockwell, E. (2020) Infographic. Guidance for Medical, Health and Fitness Professionals to Support Women in Returning to Running Postnatally. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 54 (18).
Atkinson, L., De Vivo, M., Hayes, L., Hesketh, K., Mills, H., Newham, J., Olander, E.K., & Smith, D.M., (2020). Encouraging physical activity during and after pregnancy in the Covid-19 era, and beyond. Special edition ‘Physical Activity Behaviour during Pregnancy and Postpartum’ International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (9).
Mills, H., Atkinson, L., Olander, E.K., Smith, D.M., Hayes, L., Currie, S., Newham, J., Foster, C., & De Vivo, M. (2019). A bump start needed: Linking guidelines, policy and practice in promoting physical activity during and beyond pregnancy. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 54, 13.
De Vivo, M. & Mills H. (2019) “They turn to you first for everything”: Midwives’ perspectives on roles, responsibilities, and barriers in providing physical activity advice and guidance during pregnancy. BMC- Pregnancy and Childbirth,19, 46
Kräker, K., O'Driscoll, J., Schütte, T., Herse, F., Patey, P., Golic, M., Geisberger, S., Verlohren, S., Birukov, A., Heuser, A., Mueller, D., Thilaganathan, B., Dechend, R., & Haase, N (2019). Statins reverse postpartum cardiovascular dysfunction in a rat model of preeclampsia. Hypertension, 75 202-210
Buddeberg, B.S., Sharma, R., O’Driscoll, J.M., Kaelin Agten, A., Khalil, A & Thilaganathan, B. (2018) Cardiac maladaptation in obese pregnancy at term. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. doi: 10.1002/uog.20170.
Buddeberg, B.S., Sharma, R., O’Driscoll, J.M., Kaelin Agten, A., Khalil, A & Thilaganathan, B (2018). Cardiac maladaptation in term pregnancies with preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension.198-203.
Walker, C, Mills, H & Gilchrist, A (2017). Experiences of physical activity during pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilisation: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 35, (4) 365-379.
De vivo, M., Hulbert, S., Mills, H & Uphill, M (2016). Examining exercise intention and behaviour during pregnancy using the Theory of Planned Behaviour: A meta-analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 34 (2) 122-138.
Conferences/ Webinars
Active Lincolnshire - June 2021 - This Mum Moves
Physical Activity and Maternal Health. National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) and the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) April 2021
iHV Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions Training Update - February / March 2021 - Active Mothers Raise Active Children
Birmingham City Council - Physical Activity Webinar Series - March 2021 - Active Mothers Raise Active Children
Therapy Live Pelvic Health - March 2021 - Overcoming Barriers to Activity for Women
Public Health England, Physical Activity Clinical Champions Webinar Series - December 2020 - Promoting an Active Motherhood in the Covid-era
iHV Evidence-Based Conference - September 2020 - This Mum Moves: Supporting pregnant women and new mothers in enjoying and benefitting from an active lifestyle. Year 2 Project Update.
Therapy Live - June 2020 - Physical Activity Guidance During and Beyond Pregnancy: The Lowdown
Starting at the Beginning: Conception to Beyond Birth. British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) annual conference in November 2019, Glasgow.
You’re pregnant, are you sure you should be doing that? Division of Physical Activity for Health of the British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Webinar, June 2019, published by Human Kinetics.
‘This mum moves’. Pushing Boundaries: Women in Sport and Exercise Conference, Twickenham, June 2019.
Exercise professionals’ confidence in engaging women to be physically active during pregnancy. Pushing Boundaries: Women in Sport and Exercise Conference, Twickenham, June 2019.
A mixed methods approach to advance the understanding of physical activity behaviour during pregnancy. European Federation of Sport Psychology/ British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES-FEPSAC), Nottingham, Nov 2017
“Already tired – do I need to be more tired?!” Eliciting the modal salient exercise beliefs of pregnant women in East Kent (United Kingdom). British Psychological Society (Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology), Leeds, Dec 2015
Examining the effectiveness of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in predicting exercise intention and behaviour during pregnancy: Preliminary findings from a random effects meta-analysis, British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Nov, 2014