Wolfe Z. Polishuk

Journal Article EFFECTS OF CHLORPROMAZINE ONPITUITARY FUNCTION Get access WOLFE Z. POLISHUK, M.D., WOLFE Z. POLISHUK, M.D. 1Rambam Government Hospital Haifa, Israel; Government Mental Hospital Acre, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar S. KULCSAR, M.D. S. KULCSAR, M.D. 1Rambam Government Hospital Haifa, Israel; Government Mental Hospital Acre, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 16, Issue 2, 1 February 1956, Pages 292–293, https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-16-2-292 Published: 01 February 1956

A new device for recording fetal movements is presented. This device is composed of 2 sensors, incorporating a highly sensitive piezoelectric material. It is sensitive to rapid straining forces such as fetal movements and relatively insensitive to steady, slow movements such as uterine contractions and maternal respiratory movements. In this study of 20 women, the sensors were placed on 2 different zones of the abdomen, usually above the umbilicus. There was a good correlation between fetal movements recorded by the device and those felt by the patients. Seventy percent of all observed fetal movements recorded by the device were registered simultaneously by the women. The device recorded 90.4 percent and the women recorded 79.7 percent of all such movements.