Recording of foetal movements: a comparison of three methods
作者:
ValentinL.,
MaršsálK.,
LindströmK.,
期刊:
Journal of Medical Engineering&Technology
(Taylor Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 5
页码: 239-247
ISSN:0309-1902
年代: 1986
DOI:10.3109/03091908609022914
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
As decreased foetal movement (FM) may indicate impaired foetal health, FM recording has been suggested as a method of assessing foetal well-being. A non-intrusive, automated method of recording FM (FM-detector), was compared with maternal and ultrasonographic assessment ofFMs in 24 women in the third trimester of pregnancy. The FM-detector detected a greater proportion of ultrasonographically recorded FMs than the mothers did (median 70% and38%, respectively; p<0-001). Parity, gestational age, placental site or thickness, maternal weight or the distance from the maternal abdominal surface to the amniotic cavity did not affect the ability of the FM-detector to detect ultrasonographically recorded FMs. The estimation of FM strength by the FM-detector agreed fairly well with the assessment of FM strength by the ultrasound observer. The FM-detector would seem suitable for clinical use, as in the examination of pregnant women complaining of feeling‘less FM’.
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