Effect of massage therapy on duration of labour: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages QC12-QC15

  Bolbol Haghighi, Nahid ^a   Masoumi, Seyedeh Zahra ^b   Kazemi, Farideh ^c  

^a SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apgar score; First stage labour; Second stage labour

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MATERNITY WARD; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84963795146     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17447.7688     Document Type: Article

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