Treatments of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: Adverse effects of standard treatment, acupuncture and stabilising exercises on the pregnancy, mother, delivery and the fetus/neonate

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Elden, Helen ^a   Ostgaard, Hans Christian ^a   Fagevik Olsen, Monika ^a   Ladfors, Lars ^a   Hagberg, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PETHIDINE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BACK PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47949124896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-34     Document Type: Article

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