Maternal physical activity levels in early pregnancy and the risk of spinal deformity among preschoolers at age 4: findings from the Shanghai birth cohort study
Long outdoor times (>1 h/day) in infants under 6 months may be associated with changes in trunk rotation angle or postural stress. Exercise during early pregnancy may relate to good spine development in children. Further studies are needed on physical activity's role in scoliosis prevention.
Authors
- Mengdie Jin
- Peijie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-3133)
- Binbin Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0470-8862)
- Xiuhua Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8734-5041)
- Xing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6756-3575)
- Xuan Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8100-1405)
- Xin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4787-1300)
- Qing Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2541-0442)
- Jüping Liang
- Zefan Huang
Institutions
- Shanghai University of Sport (CN)
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai Children's Medical Center (CN)
- Shanghai Children's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1639611
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Shanghai Municipal Health Commission