BACKGROUND Many women need some kind of analgesic treatment to relieve pain during childbirth. The objective of our study was to compare the effect of acupuncture with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and traditional analgesics for pain relief and relaxation during delivery with respect to pain intensity, birth experience, and obstetric outcome. METHODS A randomized controlled...

Pain in labor is a manifestation of uterine contractions the first stage that can cause fatigue so it causes decrease contractions. Many methods are offered to reduce pain during labor, non pharmacologically including endorphine massage has been proven increase ability mothers tolerate childbirth. The purpose this study was determine effect on intensity scale first-time normal PMB Bengkulu City...

background & aim: episiotomy is one of the most common surgical procedures in obstetrics, which requires analgesia. entonox gas is known to have analgesic and sedative properties. however, no studies have been found on the analgesic effects of entonox on episiotomy incision. therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of entonox and lidocaine on pain intensity during episiotomy incision ...

background: little is known about the influence of habitual participation in physical exercise and diet on upper-extremity physical function in older adults. to assess the relationship of general physical exercise and diet to upper-extremity physical function and pain intensity in older adults.   methods: a cohort of 111 patients 50 or older completed a sociodemographic survey, the rapid assess...

Rasa nyeri viseral yang dialami oleh ibu bersalin pada persalinan kala I disebabkan adanya perubahan serviks dan iskemia uterus. Pada fase laten terjadi penipisan serviks, sedangkan aktif transisi pembukaan penurunan daerah terendah janin. Birthball (bola kelahiran) adalah terapi fisik atau latihan sederhana menggunakan bola jika dilakukan inpartu dapat membantu kemajuan mengurangi rasa nyeri. ...

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used to diminish postoperative pain and many forms of chronic pain with reportedly good results. There have been few reports of the use of TENS during childbirth in the physical therapy literature. Several European studies have reported good effects of TENS in the reduction of pain associated with labor and delivery. Because TENS is a ...

aim and background: there is a relation between patients' levels of physical functioning and their acceptance of chronic pain. however, this relation has not been examined amongst iranian chronic pain patients. the purpose of this paper was to evaluate the relation between acceptance of chronic pain and physical disability. methods and materials: in a descriptive-correlational study, convenienc...

Labor pain can cause stress which causes excessive release of hormones such as catecholamines and steroids. Pain in the active phase is physiological that occurs for a longer time, we need an effort to deal with first stage labor. If labor not overcome, it will problems are only painful mother labor, but also have potential threaten life fetus. One technique be done reduce intensity provide acu...