Randomised controlled trial of effect of hands and knees posturing on incidence of occiput posterior position at birth

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7438, 2004, Pages 490-493

  Kariminia, Azar ^a,c   Chamberlain, Marie E ^b   Keogh, John ^a   Shea, Agnes ^b  

^a Hornsby Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Murrumbidgee and Southern New South Wales Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETAL OCCIPUT POSTERIOR POSITION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND; HUMAN; KNEE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1442348067     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.37942.594456.44     Document Type: Article

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