Prospective randomised multicentre trial with the birth trainer EPI-NO® for the prevention of perineal trauma: Original Article

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 478-483

  Ruckhäberle, Eugen ^a,f   Jundt, Katharina ^b   Bäuerle, Martin ^c   Brisch, Karl Heinz ^b   Ulm, Kurt ^d   Dannecker, Christian ^e   Schneider, Karl Theo Mario ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth trainer; EPI NO ; Episiotomy; Perineal trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; EPISIOTOMY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349559826     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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