Increased fetal movements – a marker for successful prenatal treatment with acupuncture?

Autor:	Harald Zeisler, Armin Witt, Rabl Michaela, Peter Husslein
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Fetus medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Visual analogue scale Obstetrics General Medicine Group B Surgery Prenatal treatment Positive response Complementary and alternative medicine Obstetrics and gynaecology Acupuncture medicine Increased fetal movement business
Zdroj:	Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. 2:206-208
ISSN:	1461-1449
Popis:	Objective: To evaluate the association between increased fetal movements during prenatal treatment with acupuncture and the duration of labor in order to distinguish between responders and non-responders. Design: Case-control study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vienna, Austria. Subjects: Group A consisted of 192 women with increased fetal movements during acupuncture (AP); group B consisted of 76 women with no reaction. During each treatment session, fetal movements were noted by the women with a visual analogue scale. Positive response to AP-treatment was registered when at least three times during four treatment sessions an increased fetal movement was noted. Results: Median duration of the first stage of labor was 204 min (range 40–495) in group A and 321 min (range 90–685) in group B (P < 0.0001). Median duration of the second stage of labor was 53 min (range 19–165) in group A and 88 minutes (range 10–259) in group B (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: Our study indicates that increased fetal movements could be a marker for successful prenatal treatment with acupuncture.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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