Fetal response to abbreviated relaxation techniques. A randomized controlled study

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Fink, Nadine S ^a   Urech, Corinne ^b   Isabel, Fornaro ^b   Meyer, Andrea ^c   Hoesli, Irène ^b   Bitzer, Johannes ^b   Alder, Judith ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiotocogram (CTG); Fetal heart rate (FHR); Fetal movement; FHR variation; Guided imagery; Maternal fetal pathways; Progressive muscle relaxation; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL FETAL RELAXATION; MATERNAL STRESS; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS RELAXATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RELAXATION; RELAXATION THERAPY; REST; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 78751604614     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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