Aerobic exercise during pregnancy influences infant heart rate variability at one month of age

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-38

  May, Linda E ^a   Scholtz, Susan A ^b   Suminski, Richard ^c   Gustafson, Kathleen M ^b,d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Physiology KCUMB   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Exercise; Fetal programming; Heart rate variability; Magnetocardiology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RESTING HEART RATE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FETAL PROGRAMMING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MAGNETOCARDIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84891738461     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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