Table 2 Cardiotocography (CTG) recorded variation in basal fetal heart rate (FHR), in the number of fetal movements (FM), in the number of accelerations (A) and in variability of FHR before and after moderate physical exercise in water, according to gestational age (GA).
From: Fetal cardiotocography before and after water aerobics during pregnancy
GA (weeks) | Basal FHR (mean ± SD) |  |  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | CTG before | CTG after | Variation | n | p |
24 - 27 | 143.8 (± 7.7) | 142.5 (± 7.7) | -1.38 (± 6.1) | 61 | 0.0821 |
28 - 31 | 139.5 (± 7.7) | 140.2 (± 8.1) | 0.65 (± 7.2) | 60 | 0.4881 |
32 - 35 | 139.1 (± 9.6) | 139.2 (± 9.3) | 0.02 (± 9.0) | 64 | 0.9891 |
36 - 40 | 137.3 (± 8.9) | 138.8 (± 11.2) | 1.41 (±10.0) | 58 | 0.2851 |
|  | FM (mean ± SD) |  |  | ||
24 - 27 | 16.2 (± 12.4) | 19.1 (± 18.7) | 2.9 (± 13.9) | 61 | 0.2402 |
28 - 31 | 20.0 (± 15.6) | 21.4 (± 18.5) | 1.4 (± 20.2) | 60 | 0.3342 |
32 - 35 | 22.9 (± 22.9) | 21.8 (± 22.2) | -1.0 (± 23.3) | 64 | 0.4782 |
36 - 40 | 21.4 (± 17.3) | 23.6 (± 21.0) | 2.2 (± 22.7) | 58 | 0.6362 |
|  | A (mean ± SD) |  |  | ||
24 - 27 | 3.1 (± 2.6) | 3.7 (± 3.0) | 0.6 (± 2.4) | 61 | 0.1172 |
28 - 31 | 4.6 (± 4.1) | 4.9 (± 4.8) | 0.4 (± 4.9) | 60 | 0.9832 |
32 - 35 | 6.0 (± 5.4) | 6.4 (± 4.6) | 0.3 (± 5.6) | 64 | 0.6582 |
36 - 40 | 7.7 (± 5.8) | 8.3 (± 5.8) | 0.6 (± 5.5) | 58 | 0.4022 |
|  | Variability of FHR (bpm ± SD) |  |  | ||
24 - 27 | 8.5 (± 3.4) | 10.1 (± 5.5) | 1.6 (± 4.5) | 61 | 0.011 2 |
28 - 31 | 10.0 (± 5.0) | 9.7 (± 4.6) | -0.3 (± 3.4) | 60 | 0.9302 |
32 - 35 | 10.0 (± 5.0) | 9.8 (± 5.3) | -0.2 (± 4.8) | 64 | 0.7012 |
36 - 40 | 9.9 (± 4.7) | 10.2 (± 4.8) | 0.3 (± 4.8) | 58 | 0.4582 |