Effects of acupressure on progress of labor and cesarean section rate: Randomized clinical trial

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mafetoni, Reginaldo Roque ^a   Shimo, Antonieta Keiko Kakuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Cesarean section; Complementary therapies; Labor, obstetric

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84925059053     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2015049005407     Document Type: Article

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