Sterile water injections as treatment for low-back pain during labour: A review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Mårtensson, Lena ^a   Wallin, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Labour; Pain relief; Review; Sterile water injections

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; LOW BACK PAIN; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LABOR PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WATER;

EID: 50849129878     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00856.x     Document Type: Review

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