Effects of acupressure at the Sanyinjiao point (SP6) on the process of active phase of labor in nulliparas women

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 638-641

  Kashanian, Maryam ^a   Shahali, Shadab ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active phase of labor; Acupressure at Sanyinjiao point (SP6); Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Delivery; Oxytocin cesarean section; Pain

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77953628458     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903277662     Document Type: Article

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