Birth ball or heat therapy? A randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of birth ball usage with sacrum-perineal heat therapy in labor pain management

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-102

  Taavoni, Simin ^a   Sheikhan, Fatemeh ^b   Abdolahian, Somayeh ^c   Ghavi, Fatemeh ^d  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth ball; Heat therapy; Labor pain; Perineal; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; BODY POSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACRUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOVEMENT; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; SACRUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973355626     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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