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TL;DR: Preparation to become or stay physically active according to the transtheoretical model during pregnancy showed that receiving advice from health professionals to exercise during pregnancy increased the likeliness of being in stages 4-5, while higher age, multiparity, pregravid overweight, unhealthy eating habits, pelvic girdle pain, and urinary incontinence were more prevalent with low readiness to change exercise habits.

TL;DR: The prevalence of UI among Portuguese female elite athletes is high and the odds of UI were three times higher than in controls, and constipation, family history of UI and history of urinary infections were significantly associated with UI.

TL;DR: Instruction of PFM contraction is more effective than TrA contraction on constriction of the levator hiatus, using 4D perineal ultrasonography.

TL;DR: Different normative values for the width of the linea alba were found at different locations of the anterior abdominal wall, suggesting that in primiparous women, the IRD may be considered "normal" up to values wider than in nulliparrous.

TL;DR: This randomized controlled trial did not find any effect of pelvic floor muscle training or pelvic floor Muscle strength on labor and newborn outcomes.