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Recording of foetal movements: a comparison of three methods

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Summary, in English

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 of FMs 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% and 38%, respectively; p less than 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'.

Publishing year

1986

Language

English

Pages

239-247

Publication/Series

Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology

Volume

10

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine

Status

Published

Research group

  • Obstetric, Gynaecological and Prenatal Ultrasound Research

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1464-522X