Development of Normal Fetal Movements The First 25 Weeks of Gestatio
This work aims to provide a detailed reasoned map of fetal behavior by describing its features and evolution from 10 to 25 weeks gestation. Each behavioral event is described, measured in seconds and presented as it occurs in its natural sequence, thus pr
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Alessandra Piontelli
Development of Normal Fetal Movements The First 25 Weeks of Gestation
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ALESSANDRA PIONTELLI Department of Maternal/Fetal Medicine Clinica Mangiagalli University of Milan Milan, Italy E-mail: [email protected]
With the assistance of: Luisa Bocconi, Chiara Boschetto, Elena Caravelli, Florinda Ceriani, Isabella Fabietti, Roberto Fogliani, Alessandra Kustermann, Umberto Nicolini✝, Sarah Salmona, Beatrice Tassis, Laura Villa, Cinzia Zoppini. Department of Maternal/Fetal Medicine, University of Milan, Clinica Mangiagalli - Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico di Milano, Italy
ISBN 978-88-470-1401-5
e-ISBN 978-88-470-1402-2
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-1402-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2010923295 © Springer-Verlag Italia 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in databanks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Italian Copyright Law in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the Italian Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability:The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover illustration: Ikona S.r.l., Milan, Italy Typesetting: Ikona S.r.l., Milan, Italy Printing and binding: Grafiche Porpora S.r.l., Segrate, Milano Printed in Italy Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l. – Via Decembrio 28 – I-20137 Milan Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media
To my mother and to all our mothers
Preface
This work sees the light for various reasons. There is a general lack of detailed information about the earliest stages of human motor development. The reasons for this are explained more fully in the Introduction; here we may simply state that, apart from their intrinsic interest, earlier phenomena are fundamental to the comprehension of later phenomena rooted in them, whether pathological or normal. This is especially so in the rapidly developing young organism. At birth the neonate is catapulted into a profoundly different physical and social environment requiring extremely diverse functioning: suffice it to mention aerial respiration, no longer being fed through the placenta and the cord, and the full impact of gravity on neonatal movements. The neonate generally adapts smoothly to the transition, as it has been equipped to do so during the 9 mont
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