title: Classification of human fetal movement.
abstract: A study of fetal activity was undertaken as the first step in a series of physiologic fetal movement studies. A simple, safe, noninvasive, clinically applicable method for studying fetal movement with a tocodynamometer is described. Four basic types of fetal movement have been seen and defined in terms of their durations, recorded patterns, and descriptive terminologies for identifying each movement.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography