Effect of maternal position on fetal behavioural state and heart rate variability in healthy late gestation pregnancy

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 595, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1213-1221

  Stone, Peter R ^a   Burgess, Wendy ^a   McIntyre, Jordan P R ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a   Lear, Christopher A ^a   Bennet, Laura ^a   Mitchell, Edwin A ^a   Thompson, John M D ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

fetal behavioural state; fetal heart rate variability; maternal position; pregnancy; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL BEHAVIORAL STATE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RECUMBENCY; SUPINE POSITION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; FETUS HEART; FETUS MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 85008249091     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP273201     Document Type: Article

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