Massage, reflexology and other manual methods for pain management in labour.

CONCLUSIONS: Massage, warm pack and thermal manual methods may have a role in reducing pain, reducing length of labour and improving women's sense of control and emotional experience of labour, although the quality of evidence varies from low to very low and few trials reported on the key GRADE outcomes. Few trials reported on safety as an outcome. There is a need for further research to address these outcomes and to examine the effectiveness and efficacy of these manual methods for pain management.
PMID: 29589380 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Smith CA, Levett KM, Collins CT, Dahlen HG, Ee CC, Suganuma M Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research