Antenatal perineal massage and subsequent perineal outcomes: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 787-791

  Shipman, M K ^a   Boniface, D R ^b   Tefft, M E ^b   McCloghry, F ^c  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; NULLIPARA; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0030855784     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12021.x     Document Type: Article

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