Clinical Guidelines: Womens Health

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Exercise

• Weight Management Before, During and After Pregnancy. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2010).
• Joint SOGC/CSEP Clinical Practice Guideline: Exercise in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. Davies G, Wolfe L, Mottola M, MacKinnon C. Can J Appl Physiol, 2003; 28(3): 329-341.

Mental Health

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published: 2014; updated:2018).

Pelvic Health

• Cox A, Golda N, Nadeau G, Nickel JC, Carr L, Corcos J, Teichman J. CUA guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 2016 May;10(5-6):E136.
• Qaseem A, Dallas P, Forciea MA, Starkey M, Denberg TD, Shekelle P. Nonsurgical management of urinary incontinence in women: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of internal medicine. 2014 Sep 16;161(6):429-40.
• Bernards AT, Berghmans BC, Slieker-ten Hove MC, Staal JB, de Bie RA, Hendriks EJ. Dutch guidelines for physiotherapy in patients with stress urinary incontinence: an update. International urogynecology journal. 2014 Feb 1;25(2):171-9.

Postpartum Health

• Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2006; updated: 2015).

Pregnancy

• Antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2008; updated: 2017).
• Caesarean section. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2011; updated: 2012).
• Hypertension in pregnancy: diagnosis and management. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2010; updated: 2011).
• Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (published:2014; updated: 2017).

Pregnancy-related orthopaedic conditions

• Clinton et al. (2017). Pelvic Girdle Pain in the Antepartum Population Physical Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Section on Women’s Health and the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association
• Vleeming A, Albert HB, Östgaard HC, Sturesson B, Stuge B. European guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic girdle pain. European Spine Journal. 2008 Jun 1;17(6):794-819.

Joint policy statements

• Postural Health in Women: The Role of Physiotherapy. Britnell SJ, Cole JV, Isherwood L, Sran MM, Britnell N, Burgi S, Candido G, Watson L. J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2005; 27(5): 493–500.