Christian Duffin describes research that finds health benefits for new mothers.
Exercise can help postnatal women but what is the nature of the benefits, and what types of exercises give good results? These are questions that a team, led by nurse researcher Shanthi Ramasubramaniam, attempted to answer in a study of 84 mothers who had babies at the Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in southern India.
Primary Health Care. 22, 10, 7-8. doi: 10.7748/phc2012.12.22.10.7.p10034
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