Why the study?
Does maternal exercise during pregnancy improve fetal cardiac autonomic control during breathing and non-breathing epochs in fetuses?
Population
30 pregnant women and their fetuses
Comparison
Maternal exercise during pregnancy vs Control group based on the modifiable physical…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Maternal exercise was associated with favorable fetal autonomic metrics; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change pregnancy exercise guidance.
Does maternal exercise during pregnancy improve fetal cardiac autonomic control during breathing and non-breathing epochs in fetuses?
Maternal exercise during pregnancy enhances fetal cardiac autonomic function during in utero breathing movements, potentially providing an adaptive advantage to the offspring.
Gustafson et al. (2012) studied this question.
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