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. 2006 Jul 19;2006(3):CD000180. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000180.pub2

Wolfe 1999.

Methods Randomization method not described.
Participants 55 healthy, previously sedentary pregnant women at beginning of second trimester.
Interventions Experimental: aerobic conditioning (stair stepping) 30 minutes 3 times per week plus light muscular conditioning during second and third trimesters. 
 Control: light muscular conditioning only.
Outcomes Physical fitness; infant birthweight, length, body circumferences, limb lengths, adiposity.
Notes
  1. Published abstract only; no information on losses, post‐randomization exclusions, or compliance.

  2. No reported quantitative outcomes to enter in the meta‐analysis.

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear risk Not described.
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk Not described.
Blinding? 
 All outcomes High risk Nature of intervention prevents blinding of participants. No mention of blinding of outcome assessors, but most outcomes are objectively measured, and thus risk of biased measurement is low.
Incomplete outcome data addressed? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information on losses of any type.
Free of selective reporting? Unclear risk Information insufficient to assess.
Free of other bias? Unclear risk Information insufficient to assess.

BMI: body mass index 
 ITT: intention to treat 
 IUGR: intrauterine growth restriction 
 SD: standard deviation 
 SEM: standard error of the mean 
 SGA: small‐for‐gestational age