[Electrodiagnostical determination of strength-duration curves during pregnancy, labour, puerperium, and their evaluation (author's transl)]. 1979

W Feichtinger, and H Fröhlich

Electrodiagnostical determination of Rheobase and Chronaxy has been carried out on 10 women during pregnancy, beginning labour and puerperium. Rheobase and Chronaxy were marked in a Strength-Duration Curves scheme as well as some other points within that scheme. As a base of rise of the gained curves the actual rise at the point of the chronaxy was calculated. Our results show that with all 10 women the t-Difference-Test showed a significantly much lower curve during labour than that obtained during pregnancy. The same applied to the rise of the curve obtained during labour, which was significantly much lower than that during puerperium. There was no significant difference between the curves obtained during pregnancy and puerperium. The significance of the decline of the actual rise at the point of the Chronaxy of the Strength-Duration Curve before starting of labour as a physiological method of functional diagnostic will be discussed there under.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007743 Labor, Obstetric The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED). Obstetric Labor
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
D002907 Chronaxy The shortest duration of an electrical stimulus where the threshold amplitude is twice the rheobase - the minimum required for eliciting an ACTION POTENTIAL at any time period. It is a measure of the excitability of nerve or muscle tissue, and is characteristic of types and/or condition of the nerve or muscle cells in the tissue. Chronaxie
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D049590 Postpartum Period In females, the period that is shortly after giving birth (PARTURITION). Puerperium,Postpartum,Postpartum Women,Period, Postpartum,Women, Postpartum

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