5 Papers
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Linda E. May is an academic researcher from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart rate & Heart rate variability. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications. Previous affiliations of Linda E. May include University of the East.
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Aerobic exercise during pregnancy influences fetal cardiac autonomic control of heart rate and heart rate variability
TL;DR: It is indicated that regular maternal exercise throughout gestation results in significantly lower fetal HR and increased HRV compared to fetuses of non-exercising women.
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Regular maternal exercise dose and fetal heart outcome
TL;DR: Maternal physical activity dose during the third trimester is associated with resting fetal heart effects similar to a trained response, and future studies on the health benefits of this fetal response are highly warranted.
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Fetal cardiac autonomic control during breathing and non-breathing epochs: The effect of maternal exercise
TL;DR: Maternal exercise during pregnancy moderates the effect of fetal breathing movements on fetal cardiac autonomic control assessed by metrics of heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV), and both groups show enhanced vagal function during fetal breathing.
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Heart rate variability as a proxy for fetal programming: The effect of maternal exercise
Kathleen M. Gustafson,Linda E. May,John J.B. Allen +2 more
- 25 May 2014
TL;DR: It is concluded that maternal physical activity can influence the development of fetal cardiac autonomic control and this may give offspring an adaptive advantage.
Characterization of the fetal diaphragmatic magnetomyogram and the effect of breathing movements on cardiac metrics of rate and variability
TL;DR: Fetal breathing activity resulted in significantly lower HR, increased high frequency power, greater sympathovagal balance, increased short-term HRV and greater parasympathetic input relative to non-breathing episodes confirming the specificity of fetal breathing movements on parASYmpathetic cardiac influence.