An evaluation of pain and "fitness" during labor and its acceptability to women

Birth

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-128

  Gross, Mechthild M ^a   Hecker, Hartmut ^a   Keirse, Marc J N C ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23944455444     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2005.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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