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ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 49, Issue 8, Pages 1819-1835Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02718-3
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Birth; Biomechanics
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Childbirth is a complex biomechanical process that engineers are addressing through computational models and experimental research to study its impacts on maternal and fetal tissues. Understanding the forces developed by maternal efforts during labor is crucial for clinicians to assist with delivery.
Childbirth is a primarily biomechanical process of physiology, and one that engineers have recently begun to address in a broader fashion. Computational models are being developed to address the biomechanical effects of parturition on both maternal and fetal tissues. Experimental research is being conducted to understand how maternal tissues adapt to intrauterine forces near the onset of labor. All of this research requires an understanding of the forces that are developed through maternal efforts-both uterine contractions and semi-voluntary pushing-and that can be applied by the clinician to assist with the delivery. This work reviews the current state of knowledge regarding forces of labor and delivery, with a focus on macro-level biomechanics.
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