The effect of pregnancy and the duration of postpartum convalescence on the physical fitness of healthy women: A cohort study of active duty servicewomen receiving 6 weeks versus 12 weeks convalescence

• David W. DeGroot ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David W. DeGroot, Collin A. Sitler, Michael B. Lustik, Alan P. Gehrich

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fort Benning Heat Center, Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, United States of America

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• Collin A. Sitler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David W. DeGroot, Collin A. Sitler, Michael B. Lustik, Alan P. Gehrich

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-2525

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• Michael B. Lustik ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David W. DeGroot, Collin A. Sitler, Michael B. Lustik, Alan P. Gehrich

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Investigation, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Kelly L. Langan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, United States of America

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• Keith G. Hauret ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, United States of America

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• Michael H. Gotschall ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Alan P. Gehrich

  Contributed equally to this work with: David W. DeGroot, Collin A. Sitler, Michael B. Lustik, Alan P. Gehrich

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: apgurogyn@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5971-2385

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