The effects of hydrotherapy on anxiety, pain, neuroendocrine responses, and contraction dynamics during labor

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Benfield, Rebecca D ^a,b   Hortobágyi, Tibor ^a   Tanner, Charles J ^a   Swanson, Melvin ^a   Heitkemper, Margaret M ^c   Newton, Edward R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; hydrotherapy; labor; neuroendocrine responses; pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LABOR; NEUROSECRETION; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 77955564065     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800410361535     Document Type: Article

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