Effectiveness of acupuncture-type interventions versus expectant management to correct breech presentation: A systematic review

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-100

  van den Berg, Ineke ^a,d   Bosch, Johanna L ^a   Jacobs, Ben ^b   Bouman, Irene ^b   Duvekot, Johannes J ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b The Rotterdam Institution for Training Midwives   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Clinic for Complementary Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breech presentation; Meta analysis; Moxibustion; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMBASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; MOXIBUSTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BREECH PRESENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 44549087091     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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