Moxibustion for cephalic version: A feasibility randomised controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Do, Carole K ^a   Smith, Caroline A ^a   Dahlen, Hannah ^a   Bisits, Andrew ^b   Schmied, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breech; Feasibility; Moxibustion; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MOXIBUSTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREECH PRESENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOXIBUSTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 80053347691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-81     Document Type: Article

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