ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2018
Modifying Maternal Sleep Position in Late Pregnancy Through Positional Therapy: A Feasibility Study.
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UniSA BackOff! Study: A Randomized, Controlled, Five-way, Cross-over Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Positional Therapy Device on Maternal Sleeping Position in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A new frontier for positional therapy: obstetrics.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Sleeping posture in pregnancy.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025Article
- Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Positional Therapy Compared to Control for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Protocol for Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Impact of maternal posture on fetal physiology in human pregnancy: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Vision-based detection and quantification of maternal sleeping position in the third trimester of pregnancy in the home setting-Building the dataset and model.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
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- Sleep position and breathing in late pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Article
- Sleep in the Supine Position during Pregnancy Is Associated with Fetal Cerebral Redistribution.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of maternal sleep position on fetal and maternal heart rate patterns using overnight home fetal ECG recordings.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2020Observational
- Pregnant pause: should we screen for sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy?Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2019Review
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
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objectivesTo test whether a customized positional therapy device, PrenaBelt, would reduce time spent sleeping supine and evaluate any change in maternal or fetal parameters, in a group of healthy pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
methodsParticipants underwent an in-home, overnight sleep study during late pregnancy (32-38 weeks). Participants were observed over 2 nights: 1 night when the PrenaBelt was not worn (nonintervention or control) and 1 night when it was (intervention). The intervention night was randomly allocated, and the study nights were consecutive. On the control night, participants were filmed using a night-capable (infrared) video camera, maternal sleep was measured by the Watch-PAT200, and the fetus was continuously monitored using the Monica AN24. On the intervention night, video, maternal, and fetal monitoring were repeated with the addition of the mother wearing the PrenaBelt.
resultsA total of 25 healthy pregnant women were studied. Four had missing data for the Watch-PAT or Monica, and eight had missing or disrupted video data. Video-determined time in bed was not significantly different during intervention and control nights (
conclusionsResults provide preliminary evidence that an intervention to reduce supine sleep in late pregnancy may provide maternal and fetal health benefits, with minimal effect on maternal perception of sleep quality and objectively estimated sleep time. Further research to explore relationships between objectively determined maternal sleep position, maternal respiratory indices, and fetal well-being is warranted.
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