@article{ref1,
title="Fetal heart rate and uterine contraction during automobile driving",
journal="Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research",
year="2004",
author="Nakajima, Yukari and Yamaji, Kenji and Ohashi, Kazutomo",
volume="30",
number="1",
pages="15-19",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of automobile driving in the third trimester of pregnancy on fetal heart rate and uterine contraction. METHODS: Twenty-nine pregnant women with singleton pregnancies after 28 weeks of gestation were monitored using a portable cardiotocogram during driving, and the results obtained before and after driving were compared. RESULTS: Baseline fetal heart rate and its variability, as well as periodic fetal heart rate patterns, showed no abnormal patterns during car driving. Automobile driving in late pregnancy was not a reinforcement factor for uterine activity. Maternal systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate showed no specific characteristic or adverse change during driving. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that automobile driving in the third trimester of pregnancy has no adverse influences on either pregnant women or fetuses.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1341-8076",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}