Study | Reason for exclusion |
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Cousins 2012 | Does not meet inclusion criteria as it compared different assessment criteria when performing antenatal CTG. |
Hertz 1979 | Not an RCT. |
Moffatt 1997 | This study did not assess antenatal CTG but compared lateral tilt during antenatal CTG assessment with no lateral tilt during antenatal CTG assessment. |
Nathan 2000 | This study compared sitting upright for the CTG test with lying supine for the CTG test. |
Newnham 1988 | This study did not assess antenatal CTG but compared non‐stress CTG with contraction stress test, with intention to see which test provided information more quickly. |
Piyamongkol 2006 | This study looked at manual stimulation compared with non‐stress CTG. |
Reece 1992 | Not an RCT. Women did a non‐stress test at home then came in for a repeat by a nurse. Experts then assessed the traces. |
van Geijn 1991 | Trial to assess the validity of computerised fetal heart rate monitoring using system 8000 versus conventional FHR on intrauterine growth retardation. Personal communication 1991. Unable to obtain authors reply. |
CTG: cardiotocograph FHR: fetal heart rate RCT: randomised controlled trial