Effect of LI4 and BL32 acupressure on labor pain and delivery outcome in the first stage of labor in primiparous women: A randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue , 2016, Pages 175-180

  Ozgoli, Giti ^a   Sedigh Mobarakabadi, Sedigheh ^a   Heshmat, Reza ^b   Alavi Majd, Hamid ^a   Sheikhan, Zohreh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Acupuncture Medicine Association   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupressure; BL32; Delivery outcome; Labor pain; LI4; Randomized control trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; TRIGGER POINT; ANALGESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992213663     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2016.10.009     Document Type: Article

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