Effect of maternal stress on fetal heart rate assessed by vibroacoustic stimulation

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1780-1788

  Makino, Ikuko ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a   Yoneyama, M ^a   Hirasawa, K ^a   Takagi, K ^a   Ohta, H ^a   Konishi, Y ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate; Maternal anxiety; Maternal stress; State trait anxiety inventory; Vibroacoustic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECELERATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL STRESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SALIVA;

EID: 74949127552     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700614     Document Type: Article

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