Temporal patterns in count-to-ten fetal movement charts and their associations with pregnancy characteristics: A prospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Winje, Brita Askeland ^a   Røislien, Jo ^a,b   Frøen, J Frederik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decreased fetal movement; Fetal movement; Functional data analysis; Kick counting; Principal components; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SCREENING; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868286497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-124     Document Type: Article

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