Effects of craniosacral therapy as adjunct to standard treatment for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: A multicenter, single blind, randomized controlled trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 775-782

  Elden, Helen ^a   Östgaard, Hans Christian ^b   Glantz, Anna ^c   Marciniak, Pia ^d   Linnér, Ann Charlotte ^e   Olsén, Monika Fagevik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Primary Health   (Sweden)

^d Barnmorskegruppen Antenatal Care ^*  (Sweden)

^e Barnmorskegruppen Antenatal Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; craniosacral therapy; pelvic girdle pain; pregnancy; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879215139     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12096     Document Type: Article

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