Modeling manual perineal protection during vaginal delivery

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Jansova, Magdalena ^a   Kalis, Vladimir ^b   Rusavy, Zdenek ^b   Zemčík, Robert ^a   Lobovsky, Libor ^a   Laine, Katariina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hands off; Hands on; Manual perineal protection; Modeling; Perineal strain; Perineal tension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HANDS OFF DELIVERY TECHNIQUE; INDEX FINGER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR STAGE 2; MANUAL PERINEAL PROTECTION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TENSION; THICKNESS; THUMB; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84892737382     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-013-2164-1     Document Type: Article

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