Effect of foot reflexology on duration of labor and severity of first-stage labor pain

Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Mirzaei, Firouzeh ^a   Kaviani, Masoumeh ^b   Jafari, Peyman ^b  

^a Shiraz University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

First phase, Nulliparity; Labor duration; Labor pain; Reflexology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; REFLEXOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77953413425     PISSN: 16802993     EISSN: 20082363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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