Effect of foot massage to decrease physiological lower leg oedema in late pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial in Turkey

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-460

  Çoban, Ayden ^a   Şirin, Ahsen ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Foot massage; Lower leg oedema; Pregnancy; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; LEG; MASSAGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EDEMA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MASSAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TURKEY;

EID: 77956860927     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01869.x     Document Type: Article

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