The effect of acupressure on the initiation of labor: A randomized controlled trial

Women and Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 46-50

  Torkzahrani, Shahnaz ^a   Mahmoudikohani, Fatemeh ^a   Saatchi, Kiarash ^b   Sefidkar, Reyhaneh ^a   Banaei, Mojdeh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Acupuncture Medicine Association   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Initiation of labor; Labor; Sham acupressure; Term pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION; LABOR INDUCTION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 84997481994     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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