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Fetal and maternal responses to yoga in the third trimester. 2020

Nicole R Gavin, and Benjamin K Kogutt, and William Fletcher, and Linda M Szymanski
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Objective: The primary purpose of this study was to examine maternal and fetal responses to a typical, moderate-intensity yoga session in healthy pregnant women during the third trimester using continuous monitoring.Methods: This prospective observational study in low-risk, pregnant women used the Monica AN24 Abdominal ECG wireless maternal-fetal monitor to measure fetal heart rate, maternal heart rate, and uterine activity during a prenatal yoga session. Sessions included 4 time periods: (1) 20-minute rest, (2) 50 minutes standard prenatal yoga, (3) 10-minute meditation, (4) 20-minute recovery. Data were continuously recorded throughout the entire session, stored at 0.25-second intervals, and then averaged over 5-minute intervals. To evaluate changes over time, overall means for the four time periods (rest, yoga, meditation, recovery) were compared using one-way ANOVA with repeated measures. Post-hoc pairwise comparisons (Tukey's) were used to probe significant differences between the four time points. Statistical significance was reached at p < .05.Results: Twenty participants were enrolled; 19 completed the yoga session. Mean gestational age was 35 weeks and 6 days (range of 32-0/7 to 38-6/7) with an average participant age of 32 ± 2.7 years. Maternal heart rates significantly increased during the yoga period (102 ± 11 bpm) compared to rest (90 ± 10), meditation (85 ± 12), and recovery (88 ± 10) (p < .01). The maximum maternal heart rate reached during the yoga session was 125 ± 13 bpm. While fetal heart rates fluctuated slightly over the course of the yoga session, there were no significant fetal heart rate decelerations to suggest deleterious fetal effects. There were no statistically significant differences among resting (138 ± 14 bpm), yoga (137 ± 11 bpm), meditation (139 ± 7 bpm), or recovery (135 ± 22 bpm) fetal heart rates (p = .814). Uterine activity was significantly greater during the yoga period compared with the other time points (p < .001).Conclusion: Yoga can be recommended for low-risk women during pregnancy as no adverse fetal or maternal heart rate changes were observed during a typical prenatal yoga session.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011263 Pregnancy Trimester, Third The last third of a human PREGNANCY, from the beginning of the 29th through the 42nd completed week (197 to 294 days) of gestation. Pregnancy, Third Trimester,Trimester, Third,Last Trimester,Last Trimesters,Pregnancies, Third Trimester,Pregnancy Trimesters, Third,Third Pregnancy Trimester,Third Pregnancy Trimesters,Third Trimester,Third Trimester Pregnancies,Third Trimester Pregnancy,Third Trimesters,Trimester, Last,Trimesters, Last,Trimesters, Third
D005260 Female Females
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D006340 Heart Rate, Fetal The heart rate of the FETUS. The normal range at term is between 120 and 160 beats per minute. Fetal Heart Rate,Fetal Heart Rates,Heart Rates, Fetal,Rate, Fetal Heart,Rates, Fetal Heart
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015013 Yoga A major orthodox system of Hindu philosophy based on Sankhya (metaphysical dualism) but differing from it in being theistic and characterized by the teaching of raja-yoga as a practical method of liberating the self. It includes a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being with liberation of the self and union with the universal spirit. (From Webster, 3d ed)
D019122 Meditation A state of consciousness in which the individual eliminates environmental stimuli from awareness so that the mind can focus on a single thing, producing a state of relaxation and relief from stress. A wide variety of techniques are used to clear the mind of stressful outside interferences. It includes meditation therapy. (Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed) Transcendental Meditation,Meditation, Transcendental

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