Aerobic exercise during pregnancy influences fetal cardiac autonomic control of heart rate and heart rate variability

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-217

  May, Linda E ^a   Glaros, Alan ^b   Yeh, Hung Wen ^c   Clapp, James F ^d   Gustafson, Kathleen M ^e  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b KCUMB Kansas City ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Fetal heart rate; Heart rate variability; Magnetocardiology; Maternal exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS FUNCTION TEST; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953291546     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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