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Does maternal exercise testing affect fetal heart rate in pregnant women?
Does maternal exercise testing affect fetal heart rate in pregnant women?
Maternal exercise testing appears to elicit fetal heart rate responses that remain within the normal range.
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May support short-term fetal safety during maternal exercise; leaves open need for prospective trials before practice change.
Active women are becoming more interested in maintaining physical fitness while pregnant. This preliminary study shows that fetal heart rate responses to maternal exercise are within the normal range.
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Dressendorfer et al. (1980) studied this question.
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