[HTML][HTML] The impact of healthy pregnancy on features of heart rate variability and pulse wave morphology derived from wrist-worn photoplethysmography

M Bester, MJ Almario Escorcia, P Fonseca… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Due to the association between dysfunctional maternal autonomic regulation and pregnancy
complications, tracking non-invasive features of autonomic regulation derived from wrist …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinally tracking maternal autonomic modulation during normal pregnancy with comprehensive heart rate variability analyses

M Bester, R Joshi, M Mischi, JOEH van Laar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Changes in the maternal autonomic nervous system are essential in facilitating the
physiological changes that pregnancy necessitates. Insufficient autonomic adaptation is …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the effect of demographics, cardiorespiratory factors, and inter-subject variation on maternal heart rate variability in pregnancy with statistical …

M Bester, R Joshi, A Linders, M Mischi, J van Laar… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Pregnancy complications are associated with insufficient adaptation of the maternal
autonomic nervous system to the physiological demands of pregnancy. Consequently …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring one heart to help two: heart rate variability and resting heart rate using wearable technology in active women across the perinatal period

SP Rowan, CL Lilly, EA Claydon, J Wallace… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Characterizing normal heart rate variability (HRV) and resting heart rate (RHR)
in healthy women over the course of a pregnancy allows for further investigation into …

On the distinct differences in autonomic regulation between pregnant and non-pregnant women-a heart rate variability analysis

M Bester, R Joshi, M Mischi, J van Laar… - Physiological …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Appropriate adaptation of the maternal autonomic nervous system to progressing
gestation is essential to a healthy pregnancy. This is partly evidenced by the association …

[HTML][HTML] Changes of arterial pulse waveform characteristics with gestational age during normal pregnancy

K Li, S Zhang, L Yang, H Jiang, Z Chi, A Wang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Arterial pulse waveform analysis has been widely used to reflect physiological changes in
the cardiovascular system. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the changes of …

[HTML][HTML] Heart rate variability in late pregnancy: exploration of distinctive patterns in relation to maternal mental health

MC Kimmel, E Fransson, JL Cunningham… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Exploration of photoplethysmography (PPG), a technique that can be translated to the clinic,
has the potential to assess the autonomic nervous system (ANS) through heart rate variable …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocardiography versus photoplethysmography in assessment of maternal heart rate variability during labor

H Gonçalves, P Pinto, M Silva, D Ayres-de-Campos… - Springerplus, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Evaluation of maternal heart rate (MHR) variability provides useful information on
the maternal-fetal clinical state. Electrocardiography (ECG) is the most accurate method to …

The pulse wave analysis of normal pregnancy: investigating the gestational effects on photoplethysmographic signals

F Su, Z Li, X Sun, N Han, L Wang… - Bio-medical materials …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Objective: Normal pregnancy is associated with profound alterations in the maternal
cardiovascular system and PPG represents a sensitive and convenient technique capable of …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting labor onset relative to the estimated date of delivery using smart ring physiological data

EN Erickson, N Gotlieb, LM Pereira, L Myatt… - npj Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
The transition from pregnancy into parturition is physiologically directed by maternal, fetal
and placental tissues. We hypothesize that these processes may be reflected in maternal …