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ReviewApplied bionics and biomechanics2023

The Lower Limb Movements of the Fetus in Uterus: A Narrative Review.

Xiaoxue Zhao, Jan Awrejcewicz, Jianpeng Li, Yuhuan He, Yaodong Gu

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Review in Applied bionics and biomechanics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Study on the clinical value of the wearable foetal electrocardiogram monitoring system.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024
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5 authors.

Xiaoxue ZhaoFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Jan AwrejcewiczDepartment of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0387-921X
Jianpeng LiFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5333-5707
Yuhuan HeFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-6632
Yaodong GuFaculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2187-9440

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fetus movements play an important role in fetal well-being. With the continuous advancement of real-time scanning machines, it is feasible to observe the fetus movement in detail. The characteristics of fetal lower limb movements in prenatal examination have not been systematically investigated. This review proposes the patterns of fetal lower limb movements, the maternal influence on fetal lower limb movements, and the application of fetal lower limb movements for the diagnosis of prenatal diseases. A systematic search of literature on the lower limb movements of the fetus in uterus was performed in the databases, namely, Web of Science and Scopus. Thirty-four publications were selected. This review demonstrates that isolated fetal lower limb movements are rare and always accompanied with the movements of other body segments. Detection of the presence of fetal leg movements seems to be of no diagnostic value for fetuses with prenatal diseases. The isolated lower limb movement was statistically significant different between fetuses of low- and high-risk pregnant women. The coordinated movements of the fetal lower limbs and other parts should be considered when analyzing fetal movements in the future study.

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