Upright position during the first stage of labor: A randomised controlled trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-558

  Miquelutti, Maria Amelia ^a   Cecatti, Jose Guilherme ^a,b   Makuch, Maria Yolanda ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

First stage of labor; Labor pain; Randomised controlled trial; Satisfaction; Upright position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHING POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR STAGE 1; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247617284     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340601185251     Document Type: Article

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