Academic Activities
<Manuscripts>

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S, Eto H, Honda M. A long-term monitoring of fetal movement at home using a newly developed sensor: An introduction of maternal micro-arousals evoked by fetal movement during maternal sleep. Early Human Dev. 84:595-603, 2008

Matsumoto S. The correlation between abdominal wall oscillations of pregnant women recorded by a newly developed electrostatic capacity sensor and fetal movements observed by ultrasonography: for fetal movement monitoring at home. Teikyo Medical Journal 34(1):41-52, 2011

Ryo E, Nishihara K, Matsumoto S, Kamata H. A new method for long-term home monitoring of fetal movement by pregnant women themselves. Med Eng Phys, 34:566-572, 2012.

Ryo E and Kamata H. Fetal movement counting at home with a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder: A preliminary report. Matern Fetal Neonatal Med,25:2629-2632, 2012

Kamata H. Relationship between fetal movement signals detected using a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder (FMAM recorder) and acceleration of fetal heart rate. Teikyo Medical Journal 35(2):89-101, 2012.

Ryo E, Kamata H, Seto M. Decreased fetal movements at home were recorded by a newly developed fetal movement recorder in a case of a non-reassuring fetal status. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014; 27:1604-6.

Nishihara K, Ohki N, Kamata H, Ryo E, Horiuchi S. Automated Software Analysis of Fetal Movement Recorded during a Pregnant Womanfs Sleep at Home. Plos One DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0130503. June 17, 2015:1-15.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto M, Morita M, Nagaya Y. Counting fetal hiccups using a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 ;30:475-78.

Seto M, Comparison of Fetal Gross Movements Between Male and Female Fetuses with the use of a Fetal Movement Acceleration Measurement Recorder: An Exploratory Study Teikyo Medical Journal, 2017 ; 40: 23-30

Ryo E, Kamata H, Seto M, Morita M, Nagaya Y, Nishihara K, Oki N. Reference values for a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder to count fetal movement. Pediatric Research, 83; 961-968, 2018.

Ryo E, Kamata H, Seto M, Morita M, Yatsuki K. Correlation between umbilical cord length and gross fetal movement as counted by a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Repro Biol: X 1(2019) 100003.

Morita M, Ryo E, Kamata H, Seto M, Yatsuki K. Counting fetal movements of small-for-gestational infants using a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2019 Mar 5:1-7. doi:10.1080/14767058.2019.1583732.

Yatsuki K, Ryo E, Morita M, Seto M, Kamata H, Yonaga Y. Correlation between newborn size and gross fetal movement as counted by a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. J Dev Orig Health Dis .2020 Jul 14; 1-4.

 <Review>

Ryo E. Recent topics about fetal movements. The development of fetal movement monitoring method available at home. Perinatalcare Care 29(12):50-53, 2010.

 <Others>

Yamaguchi A. Fetal movement transition during nighttime after second-trimester pregnancy and relationship with birth outcome. Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences, 2020.

 <International Congress>

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S. A new home-monitoring system for fetal movement during pregnant womenfs sleep. SLEEP 2009, Seattle, Jun 10, 2009

Nishihara K, Ozawa N. A new perinatal telemedicine system using a mobile Internet connection for home-monitoring of fetal movement during womenfs sleep. The 6th Congress of Asian Sleep Research Society. Osaka Oct 26, 2009

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S. Weekly variation in fetal movement during pregnant womenfs sleep monitored with a newly developed home-monitoring system. The 20th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. Lisbon, Portugal Sept 14-18, 2010

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S, Oki N. Clinical significance of long-term home monitoring of fetal movement during sleep in two high-risk pregnant women. World Sleep2011, Kyoto, October 16-20, 2011.

Nishihara K, Ohki N, Ryo E, Kamata H, Horiuchi S. A new and original, automatic system for analyzing fetal movement recorded during a pregnant womanfs sleep.@ SLEEP 2013, Baltimore [2013/06/05]

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S. Ultradian rest-activity rhythm of fetal movement starts in conceptual 28 weeks. The 22nd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. Tallin, [2014, Sep.16-20]

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S. The original record-analysis system of fetal and maternal movements during a pregnant womanfs sleep is useful to see maternal sleep disturbance. The 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. Bologna, [2016, Sep.13-16]

Nishihara K, Eto H, Horiuchi S. Influences of fetal movement on a pregnant womanfs sleep; using fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. Sleep DownUnder Annual Scientific Meeting 2017, Auckland, [2017/10/25-28]

 <Domestic Congress>

Nishihara, K. A prototype recording system on fetal movement during pregnant womenfs sleep. The 33rd Congress of Japanese Sleep Research Society, Koriyama, June 25, 2008.

Nishihara, K. A long-term home-monitoring on fetal movement using an electric capacity acceleration sensor. The 44th Japanese society of perinatal and neonatal medicine. Yokohama, July 15, 2008.

Matsumoto S, Ryo E, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Nakamura Y, Taguchi A, Shiba M, Kido K, Ayabe T, Shiotsu H, Nishihara K. The basic research for fetal movement monitoring using an electrostatic capacity sensor. The 61st Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto, April 5, 2009

Matsumoto S, Ryo E, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Taguchi A, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. The basic research for fetal movement monitoring using an electrostatic capacity sensor. The 85th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, Tokyo, May 22-24, 2009

Matsumoto S, Ryo E, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Taguchi A, Shiba M, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. The basic research for fetal movement monitoring at home using an electrostatic capacity sensor. The 45th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Nagoya, July 14, 2009

Kamata H, Ryo E, Matsumoto S, Taguchi A, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. Four cases of fetuses whose gross movements were monitored for a long time using an electrostatic capacity sensor. The 45th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Nagoya, July 14, 2009

Nishihara K, Horiuchi S, Oki N. A new analysis system on fetal movement during pregnant womenfs sleep. The 34th Congress of Japanese Sleep Research Society, Osaka, Oct 25, 2009.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Matsumoto S, Taguchi A, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Kido K, Ayabe T. The correlation between fetal movement signals recorded by an electrostatic capacity sensor and fetal heart rate accelerations. The 61st Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, April 23-25, 2010

Kamata H, Ryo E, Matsumoto S, Umezawa K, Taguchi A, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. The development of home monitoring for fetal movements and their analyzing system. The 46th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Kobe, July 11-13, 2010

Kamata H, Ryo E, Matsumoto S, Ichida K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. The comparison between the numbers of fetal movement counted by FMAM recorder at home and by ultrasonography at a laboratory. Tokyo, May 27-29, 2011.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Matsumoto S, Teshima E, Ichida K, Umezawa K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. A case report of non-reassuring status of a fetus whose gross movements were monitored by FMAM recorder at home. The 47th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Sapporo, July 10-12, 2011.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Teshima E, Ichida K, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K.@Fetal movement counts in a case FRG for a long time using FMAM recorder. The 48th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Omiya, July 9, 2012.

Nishihara K, Ohki N, Horiuchi S. The reliability of fetal movement recorder-analysis system during a pregnant womanfs sleep and its clinical application. The 38th Congress of Japanese Sleep Research Society, Akita June 27-28, 2013.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto R, Fukui S, Teshima E, Ichida K, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K.@A development of FMAM-recorder with an alarm system for decreased fetal movement counts automatically. The 49th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Yokohama, July 16, 2013.

Nishihara K, Kamata H, Ryo E. The reliability of a device-analysis system of fetal movement. The 49th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Yokohama, July 15, 2013.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto M, Teshima E, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. A physiological study of fetal hiccup movementsFUsing a FMAM recorder. The 50th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Urayasu, July 13-15, 2015.

Seto M, Ryo E, Kamata H, Sakurai R, Teshima E, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. Are there sex differences on fetal movements? : Using a FMAM recorder.@ The 50th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Urayasu, July 13-15, 2015.

Nishihara K, Kamata H, Seto M, Ryo E. A process of obtaining ultradian rhythm on a fetus. The 50th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Urayasu, July 13-15, 2015.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto M, Hori S, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. A physiological study of fetal hiccup movementsFUsing a FMAM recorder. The 67th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama, April 9-12, 2015

Seto M, Ryo E, Kamata H, Sakurai R, Teshima E, Umesawa K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K.The physiological study of fetal movement using FMAM recorder-the comparison in gestational age and sex.The 67th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama, April 9-12, 2015.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto M, Morita M, Teshima E, Umesawa K, Matsumoto Y Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. Weekly variation on fetal gross movement during pregnancy; Using a FMAM recorder. The 51st Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Hakata, July 10-12, 2015

Higashihara A, Horiuchi S. Effects of a therapy of acupuncture and moxibustion on a breech presentation of fetuses and mothers. The 28th of annual conference of Japan Academy of MidwiferyANagasaki, March 22-23, 2014.

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto M, Morita M, Teshima E, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. The changes and characteristics of fetal gross movements according to the pregnancy progress -measurements by FMAM recorder during night- The 68th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo, April 21-24, 2016.

Morita M, Ryo E, Nagaya Y, Higa T, Seto M, Shimizu M, Kamata H, Teshima E, Umesawa K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. Frequency of occurrence of fetal gross movement in FGRF; using a FMAM recorder. The 52nd Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Toyama, July 16-18, 2016

Nagaya Y, Ryo E, Seto M, Higa T, Seto M, Kamata H, Morita M, Sakurai R, Teshima E, Umesawa K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. A preliminary study of psycho-neurotropic drugs on fetal movement; using a FMAM recorder. The 52nd Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Toyama, July 16-18, 2016

Kamata H, Ryo E, Seto M, Morita M, Nagaya Y, Higa T, Sakurai R, Teshima E, Umesawa K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. A study of fetal hiccups (FH); using a FMAM recorder. The 52nd Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Toyama, July 16-18, 2016

Morita M, Ryo E, Nagaya Y, Higa T, Seto M, Kamata H, Teshima E, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T. Analysis of fetal gross movements for FGR using a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. The 69th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hiroshima, April 13-16, 2017.

Morita M, Ryo E, Nagaya Y, Higa T, Seto M, Kamata H, Teshima E, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. Changes of the non-fetal movement period during pregnancy measured with FMAM recorder. Reference values for frequency of occurrence and duration of non-fetal gross movement; using a FMAM recorder. The 53rd Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Yokohama, July 16-18, 2017

Nagaya Y, Ryo E, Kamata H, Morita M, Seto M, Higa T, Teshima E, Umesawa K, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T, Nishihara K. Percentage of fetal movement at night using a FMAM recorder. The 53rd Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Yokohama, July 16-18, 2017

Tanaka N, Eto H, Nishihara K. Variation of fetal movement at night in the second and third trimesters. The 17th Annual Congress of the Japanese Society of Baby Science, Kurume, July 8-9, 2017

Kamata H, Ryo E, Nagaya Y, Morita M, Seto M, Fukui S, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T. Is the umbilical cord length related to the fetal movement count? ~fetal movement conting by FMAM recorder~. The 70th Annual Congress of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sendai, May 10-13, 2018

Masayoshi M, Ryo E, Nagaya Y, Seto M, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T. Analysis of fetal gross movements in light for date infants by a fetal movement acceleration measurement recorder. The 70th Annual Congress of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sendai, May 10-13, 2018

Seto M, Ryo E, Keita Y, Morita M, Kamata H, Nagaya Y, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T. A case of thanatophoeic dysplasia assessing fetal movement for a long-term using FMAM recorder. The 54th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicin, Tokyo, July 8-10, 2018

Kamata H, Ryo, E Yatsuki K, Nagaya Y, Morita M, Seto M, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Yukifumi Sasamori, Kido K, Ayabe T. Correlation between umbilical cord length and gross fetal movement as counted. The 54th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Tokyo, July 8-10, 2018

Yatsuki K, Ryo E, Hashimoto K, Morita M, Seto M, Sakurai R, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T.@A case of GDM with continuous blood glucose measurement and fetal movement measurement@by FMAM recorder. The 71st Annual Congress of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aichi, April 11-14, 2019

Yatsuki K, Ryo E, Kamata H, Seto M, Morita M, Hashimoto K, Nishizawa M, Namai S, Sakurai R, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T. Gross fetal movement in HFD-Analysis by FMAM recorder-. The 55th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Nagano, July 13-15, 2019

Yatsuki K, Ryo E, Morita M, Seto M, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido K, Ayabe T.@Is fetal movement related to birth weight? ----Using FMAM recorder---. The 72nd Annual Congress of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo, April 23-28, 2020

Morita M, Ryo E, Yatsuki K, Set M, Kamata H, Matsumoto Y, Shiba M, Sasamori Y, Kido T, Ayabe T. Number of fetal movements in cases result in premature birth ---Measurement with FMAM recorder---. The 72nd Annual Congress of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo, April 23-28, 2020

 <Reports>

Nishihara K, Ryo E, Horiuchi S. Monitoring@fetal@well@being:@long-term@home@monitoring@of@fetal@movement@using a capacitive@accelerometer. Research Papers of the Suzuken Memorial Foundation VOL29:101-106A2010 (in Japanese)

 Patents
FETAL MOVEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND FETAL MOVEMENT INFORMATION COLLECTING DEVICE.
JAPAN PATENT NUMBER 4869220 DATE: NOVEMBER-25-2011
US PATENT NUMBER: 8088082 DATE: JANUARY-03-2012
AU PATENT NUMBER: 2006211443: FEBRUARY-02-2012
EU PATENT NUMBER: 1852058: May-01-2013
Inventors: Kyoko NISHIHARA, Shigeko HORIUCHI
Patentee: TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

FETAL MOVEMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND FETAL MOVEMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
JAPAN PATENT NUMBER: 4987003: May-11-2012
US PATENT NUMBER: 8764686; July-1, 2014
EU PATENT NUMBER: 2055235; May-13, 2015
Inventors: Kyoko NISHIHARA, Nobuyuki OZAWA
Patentee: TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE