ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
Manual and electroacupuncture for labour pain: study design of a longitudinal randomized controlled trial.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01197950 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Reduce Labour Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Reduce Labour Pain
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture or acupressure for pain management during labour.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Associations between maternal characteristics and women's responses to acupuncture during labour: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial.Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society · 2017Trial
- Acupuncture with manual and electrical stimulation for labour pain: a two month follow up of recollection of pain and birth experience.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2015Trial
- Acupuncture with manual and electrical stimulation for labour pain: a longitudinal randomised controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Trial
- Analgesic Neural Circuits Are Activated by Electroacupuncture at Two Sets of Acupoints.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Article
- Electroacupuncture-induced dynamic processes of gene expression levels of endogenous opioid Peptide precursors and opioid receptors in the CNS of goats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Introduction. Results from previous studies on acupuncture for labour pain are contradictory and lack important information on methodology. However, studies indicate that acupuncture has a positive effect on women's experiences of labour pain. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of two different acupuncture stimulations, manual or electrical stimulation, compared with standard care in the relief of labour pain as the primary outcome. This paper will present in-depth information on the design of the study, following the CONSORT and STRICTA recommendations. Methods. The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial based on western medical theories. Nulliparous women with normal pregnancies admitted to the delivery ward after a spontaneous onset of labour were randomly allocated into one of three groups: manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture, or standard care. Sample size calculation gave 101 women in each group, including a total of 303 women. A Visual Analogue Scale was used for assessing pain every 30 minutes for five hours and thereafter every hour until birth. Questionnaires were distributed before treatment, directly after the birth, and at one day and two months postpartum. Blood samples were collected before and after the first treatment. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01197950.
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