Maternal exercise rescues fetal akinesia-impaired joint and bone development
Christopher J. Panebianco, Yuming Huang, Nidal Khatib, Devin C. Gottlieb, Maha Essaidi, Saima Ahmed, Nathaniel A. Dyment, Rebecca Anne Simmons, Joel D. Boerckel, Niamh C. Nowlan
This study shows maternal exercise rescues skeletal defects in fetal akinesia by directly stimulating fetal joint and bone development through mechanical forces.
The FASEB Journal · Dec 13, 2025Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology