“BIRTH IS LIKE A MARATHON” REVISITING CHILDBIRTH BY USING SPORT BIOMECHANICS APPROACHES

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  • David Desseauve
  • Laetitia Fradet
  • Patrick Lacouture
  • Fabrice Pierre

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childbirth##common.commaListSeparator## delivery##common.commaListSeparator## biomechanics##common.commaListSeparator## optimization

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Childbirth is a sport according to women who have experienced it. The physiological demand of this specific sport activity is indeed close to what is measured in many other sport activities. From a biomechanical point of view, it also seems possible to consider childbirth as a sport activity that can be optimized. After explaining how childbirth is similar to a sport activity, we will present the methodology and preliminary results of an innovative approach in delivery biomechanics. A biomechanical analysis of childbirth as performed in many sport activities seems to be appropriate in order to optimize some parameters of this sport activity so special in a lifetime.

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2016-05-05

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33 International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports (2015)

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Injuries / Rehabilitation

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.