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By reading this article, exercise professionals will learn:
• Physical fitness has an important role during pregnancy, specifically in maternal and neonatal health.
• An individualized, client-specific approach to selection and administration of physical fitness tests ensures safe and specific exercise program interventions and optimizes health-related outcomes in pregnant women.
• Developing a proposal of fitness tests during pregnancy based on scientific evidence is useful for researchers, fitness professionals, health care providers, and pregnant individuals.
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