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Brittany Matenchuk

PhD Student, Program for Pregnancy & Postpartum Health
Verified email at ualberta.ca
Cited by 507

Sleep, circadian rhythm, and gut microbiota

BA Matenchuk, PJ Mandhane, AL Kozyrskyj - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
From asthma and heart disease to diabetes and obesity, the human microbiome plays a role
in the pathogenesis of each chronic health condition plaguing today's society. Recent work …

Influence of obstructive sleep apnea severity on muscle sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LE Maier, BA Matenchuk, A Vucenovic, A Sivak… - …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: We conducted meta-analyses to identify relationships between obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) severity, muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), and blood pressure (BP)…

Public health measures to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Canada during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

J Polisena, M Ospina, O Sanni, B Matenchuk… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The main objectives of this study were to synthesise and compare pandemic
preparedness strategies issued by the federal and provincial/territorial (P/T) governments in …

Sympathetic baroreflex gain in normotensive pregnant women

…, RJ Skow, BA Matenchuk… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Muscle sympathetic nerve activity is increased during normotensive pregnancy while mean
arterial pressure is maintained or reduced, suggesting baroreflex resetting. We hypothesized …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal bed rest in developed and developing regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Matenchuk, R Khurana, C Cai, NG Boulé… - … Open Access Journal, 2019 - cmajopen.ca
… Margie Davenport, Brittany Matenchuk and Chenxi Cai performed the review. Margie
Davenport and Brittany Matenchuk analyzed and interpreted the data. Brittany Matenchuk drafted …

Muscle sympathetic nerve activity during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

KM Greenwall, Á Brislane, BA Matenchuk… - Physiological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis to quantify the impact of healthy and
complex pregnancy on muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) at rest, and in response to …

TV time, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic biomarkers in pregnancy—NHANES 2003–2006

BA Matenchuk, V Carson, LA Riske, A Carnio… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives This study examined the impacts of individual and combined associations
between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) (accelerometer-…

The influence of sleep quality on weight retention in the postpartum period

BA Matenchuk, MH Davenport - Applied Physiology, Nutrition …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Poor sleep in the postpartum is often treated as an unavoidable consequence of childbirth.
This study aims to compare objective and subjective measures of sleep, explore the …

Prenatal depression and birth mode sequentially mediate maternal education's influence on infant sleep duration

BA Matenchuk, SK Tamana, WYW Lou, DL Lefebvre… - Sleep Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Rationale Sleep duration is critical to growth, learning, and immune function development in
infancy. Strategies to ensure that national recommendations for sleep duration in infants are …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency department visits during the postpartum period: a Canadian cohort study

BA Matenchuk, RJ Rosychuk, BH Rowe… - Annals of Emergency …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study objective Challenges in transitioning from obstetric to primary care in the postpartum
period may increase emergency department (ED) visits. This study described the frequency, …