Open AccessEffect of Massage Therapy on Duration of Labour: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Nahid Bolbolhaghighi,
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi,
Farideh Kazemi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17447.7688
Subject(s) - massage , medicine , childbirth , oxytocin , randomized controlled trial , mann–whitney u test , physical therapy , apgar score , exact test , vaginal delivery , obstetrics , pregnancy , gestational age , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
Massage is an old technique that is widely used in childbirth and can decrease the childbirth pain by reducing the adrenaline and noradrenaline and increasing the endorphins and oxytocin and reduce the childbirth duration by increasing the uterine contractions. Therefore.