Yoga during pregnancy: The effects on labor pain and delivery outcomes (A randomized controlled trial)

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-4

  Jahdi, Fereshteh ^a,b   Sheikhan, Fatemeh ^b   Haghani, Hamid ^b   Sharifi, Bahare ^b   Ghaseminejad, Azizeh ^a   Khodarahmian, Mahshad ^c   Rouhana, Nicole ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery outcomes; Labor pain; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009833997     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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