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Impact of exercise during pregnancy on gestational weight gain and birth weight: an overview

Publicated to: Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. 23 (2): 164-169 - 2019-04-01 23(2), DOI: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.11.012

Authors:

Vargas-Terrones, M; Nagpal, TS; Barakat, R
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, INEF, Fac Sci Phys Act & Sport, AFIPE Res Grp, Martin Fierro 7,Ciudad Univ - Author
Univ Western Ontario, Sch Kinesiol, Exercise & Pregnancy Lab, R Samuel McLaughlin Fdn, London - Author

Abstract

Objective: This article presents the state of knowledge related to the impact of exercise on gestational weight gain and birth weight. Transcendence of baby weight: Birth weight is an important indicator of intrauterine environment and maternal and newborn health. There are several factors that can affect birth weight including mother's pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI), gestational weight gain, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), chronic diabetes and gestational age at birth. Impact of exercise during pregnancy: Physical exercise has the potential to prevent excessive gestational weight gain, GDM and the potential complications associated with obesity during pregnancy. Therefore, women who regularly exercise during pregnancy are more likely to have an appropriate gestational weight gain and in turn, an appropriate birth weight infant, preventing being LGA without increasing risk of SGA, and this reduces risk factors for later life chronic disease development in the child including cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Recommendations: It would be advisable to promote compliance with physical activity and exercise recommendations during pregnancy by using the specific resources to prescribe exercise to pregnant women without obstetric contraindications. (C) 2018 Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduacao em Fisioterapia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

baby outcomesbirth weightexercisegestational weight gainphysical activityAgeBaby outcomesBirth weightBody mass indexDiabetes, gestationalDiabetes-mellitusExerciseFemaleFetal-growthGestational weight gainHumansInterventionsMetaanalysisObesityOverweightPhysical activityPhysical-activityPregnancyResistance exerciseRisk factorsRisk-factorsWeight gainWomen

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Rehabilitation.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 4.31. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 4.53 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-27, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 65
  • Scopus: 73
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 358.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/94166/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 29
  • Downloads: 10
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Canada.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Vargas-Terrones, Marina) and Last Author (BARAKAT CARBALLO, RUBEN OMAR).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Vargas-Terrones, Marina.

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