Effects of LI4 Acupressure on Labor Pain in the First Stage of Labor

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-138

  Hamidzadeh, Azam ^a,e   Shahpourian, Farangis ^b   Orak, Roohangiz Jamshidi ^b   Montazeri, Akram Sadat ^c,e   Khosravi, Ahmad ^b,d  

^a Fatemiyeh Hospital   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active phase of labor; Acupressure; Labor pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOUCH; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84858781293     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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