Acupuncture before delivery: Effect on pain perception and the need for analgesics

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 118-124

  Lyrenäs, Sven ^a   Lutsch, Helen ^a   Hetta, Jerker ^a   Nyberg, Fred ^a   Willdeck Lundh, Gunilla ^a   Lindberg, Bo ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Comprehensive psychopathological rating scale; Dynorphin A; Human pregnancy; Labor; Pain perception; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYNORPHINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025329830     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000293316     Document Type: Article

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