ArticleReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2015
Tracking the changes in synchrony of the electrophysiological activity as the uterus approaches labor using magnetomyographic technique.
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- An update on pacemaking in the myometrium.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- Noninvasive electromyometrial imaging of human uterine maturation during term labor.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Assessing uterine electrophysiology prior to elective term induction of labor.Current research in physiology · 2023Article
- Alignment of magnetic sensing and clinical magnetomyography.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Connectivity Measures of Uterine Activity using Magnetomyography.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2018Article
- Toward noninvasive monitoring of ongoing electrical activity of human uterus and fetal heart and brain.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Article
- Biomathematical pattern of EMG signal propagation in smooth muscle of the non-pregnant porcine uterus.PloS one · 2017Article
- Modeling Magnetomyograms of Uterine Contractions during Pregnancy Using a Multiscale Forward Electromagnetic Approach.PloS one · 2016Article
- Magnetic fields from skeletal muscles: a valuable physiological measurement?Frontiers in physiology · 2015Article
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The objective of the study was to perform serial magnetomyographic examinations in order to detect changes in synchrony characteristics of myometrial electrophysiological activity as women approach labor. Of the total of 56 patients recruited, the results of 149 examinations from 29 patients were included in the analysis. The global synchrony across each sensor spread over the abdomen was computed and quantified as synchronization index. The mean and the median value of the global synchrony were computed and correlated with time to active labor from the last recording. Overall, synchrony increased as the patient approached active labor (P = .035). Furthermore, mean synchronization index increased twice as fast in the nonnulliparous group compared to the nulliparous group (P = .039). The changes in synchrony of uterine electrophysiological activity near term could aid in prediction of labor.
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